Amy Cooper is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Saint Louis University.

"Given the current polarized situation in Venezuela, medical anthropologist Amy Cooper provides important and compelling insights into how ordinary people experienced policy changes during Hugo Chávez's progressive government . . . In listening to people's stories, Cooper gained innovative insights into how government programs can provide a mechanism for social inclusion and empowerment, including how those institutions transform people's sense of themselves."

• Acknowledgments1 • Introduction2 • Moving Medicine Inside the Barrio3 • Clinical Intimacies as Macropolitics4 • Beyond Biomedicine5 • Pleasures of Participation6 • The Limits of CitizenshipConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Amy Cooper is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Saint Louis University.

"Given the current polarized situation in Venezuela, medical anthropologist Amy Cooper provides important and compelling insights into how ordinary people experienced policy changes during Hugo Chávez's progressive government . . . In listening to people's stories, Cooper gained innovative insights into how government programs can provide a mechanism for social inclusion and empowerment, including how those institutions transform people's sense of themselves."

• Acknowledgments1 • Introduction2 • Moving Medicine Inside the Barrio3 • Clinical Intimacies as Macropolitics4 • Beyond Biomedicine5 • Pleasures of Participation6 • The Limits of CitizenshipConclusionNotesReferencesIndex