Schroedel J R, Jordan D R
Claremont Graduate University.
J Health Polit Policy Law. 1998 Feb;23(1):107-32. doi: 10.1215/03616878-23-1-107.
Scholars have devoted considerable attention to analyzing the social construction of AIDS. To explore the politics of AIDS policymaking, this research uses Schneider and Ingram's (1993) theory of the social construction of target populations to evaluate the U.S. Senate's response to AIDS between 1987 and 1992. Our study found that Schneider and Ingram's model provides important insights into how political processes affect AIDS policy design. While our data did not strictly conform to all of the model's theoretical expectations, the data provided evidence confirming its predictions about broad patterns in the allocation of both substantive and symbolic policy benefits and burdens to different target populations.
学者们投入了大量精力来分析艾滋病的社会建构。为探究艾滋病政策制定的政治因素，本研究运用施耐德和英格拉姆（1993）的目标人群社会建构理论，评估了美国参议院在1987年至1992年间对艾滋病的应对措施。我们的研究发现，施耐德和英格拉姆的模型为政治进程如何影响艾滋病政策设计提供了重要见解。虽然我们的数据并未严格符合该模型的所有理论预期，但这些数据提供了证据，证实了其关于向不同目标人群分配实质性和象征性政策利益及负担的广泛模式的预测。
