Speculative markets: drug circuits and derivative life in Nigeria

Introduction: chemical multitudes : fake drugs and pharmaceutical regulation in Nigeria -- Idumota : pharmacists, traders, and the new free market -- Risky populations : divestment and militarized austerity -- Regulation as a problem of discernment : open markets in the making -- Derivative life : n...

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Main Author: Peterson, Kristin 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2014
Series:Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices
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Summary:Introduction: chemical multitudes : fake drugs and pharmaceutical regulation in Nigeria -- Idumota : pharmacists, traders, and the new free market -- Risky populations : divestment and militarized austerity -- Regulation as a problem of discernment : open markets in the making -- Derivative life : nominalization and the logic of the hustle -- Chemical arbitrage : a social life of bioequivalence -- Marketing new monopolies: intellectual property, debt, and drug geopolitics -- Conclusion: old specters, new dreams
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 238 pages) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822376477
0822376474