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AIDS and Governance

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

AvAlan Whiteside,Nana K. Poku

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The political impact of HIV/AIDS varies greatly and is difficult to map. States depend on how governments choose to manage the political implications of HIV and AIDS, both those stemming from the erosions of its own capacity as well as those that originate from their changing relationship on a national and international level. Across the developing world, HIV/AIDS is slowly killing adults in their most productive years, hollowing out state structures, deepening poverty and raising profound questions that touch on the organization of all aspects of social, economic and political life. With the epidemic showing scant signs of slowing down, this innovative volume assesses how HIV/AIDS affects governance and, conversely, how governance affects the course of the epidemic. In particular, the volume:

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-06-21
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt430 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Global Health Series
Antal sidor286
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780754645818

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Nana K. Poku, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Alan Whiteside, Director of the Health and Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa and Ms Bjorg Sandkjaer, Associate Demographer at the African Centre for Gender and Social Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Introduction, Nana K. Poku, Alan Whiteside; Part 1 The Impact of AIDS on Governance; Chapter 1 HIV/AIDS and the African State, Nana K. Poku, Bjorg Sandkjaer; Chapter 2 HIV/AIDS, a Long Wave Event: Sundering the Intergenerational Bond, Tony Barnett; Chapter 3 The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Education Sector: A Conceptual Framework and Implications for Research and Policy, Ajay Mahal; Chapter 4 AIDS and Democracy in Africa, Kondwani Chirambo; Chapter 5 HIV/AIDS and National Security, Colin McInnes; Part 2 Politics of Response; Chapter 6 HIV/AIDS and Development: Failures of Vision and Imagination, Alan Whiteside; Chapter 7 Taboos and Denial in Government Responses, Dennis Altman; Chapter 8 Syncretism and Subversion in AIDS Governance: How Locals Cope with Global Demands, Ann Swidler; Chapter 9 The Politics of Civil Society in Confronting HIV/AIDS, Bill Rau; Chapter 10 A Case for Improving the Quality and Quantity of AIDS Financing, Nana K. Poku; Chapter 11 HIV/AIDS and Global Regimes: WTO and the Pharmaceutical Industry, Yves Beigbeder; Chapter 12, Per Strand; Chapter 13 Regional Responses to HIV/AIDS: A Global Public Goods Approach, Franklyn Lisk, Desmond Cohen;

'This book provides extensive evidence and a useful collection of analyses across health, development and social science paradigms on the way the AIDS epidemic is affecting various aspects of governance. It provides a stimulating contribution to debates on the political dimensions of and interplay between the global, national and local responses to AIDS.' Rene Loewenson, Training and Research Support Centre, Zimbabwe