AIDS and the Policy Struggle in the United States

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Lucid and compellingly written, Patricia Siplon has immersed herself in the history and ongoing firestorms of how AIDS policies are influenced, fought over, and enacted in the United States. "AIDS and the Policy Struggle in the United States" is equally as engrossing and as revealing in its own way as "And the Band Played On". With an initial chapter that clearly follows the tangled historical string from the first realizations of a medical emergency to today's overwhelming worldwide epidemical crisis, she goes on to look at how medical treatments have changed and grown; how blood policies were formed; how value-based debates raged and continue to rage over prevention; how communities developed to first respond to the crisis, and later organized to fight for health care; and, finally - now that AIDS is recognized for the global crisis it is - how foreign policy is being shaped. Invaluable for activists and anyone involved in fighting for the humane treatment of people with HIV/AIDS around the world, this is also an important and insightful guide to the how and what of public policy as it is fashioned out of the clay of U.S. democratic institutions.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-08-14
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor176
FörlagGeorgetown University Press
ISBN9780878403783
UtmärkelserWinner of Outstanding Title 6 (United States)

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While the focus of [this book] is on detailed documentation of AIDS-specific issues, readers interested mainly in the policymaking process will also find this a valuable example of a high-stakes and controversial issue area. Siplon has filled a major gap in the political science literature with much of the passion and engagement she so clearly admires among the activists she profiles. Perspectives on Politics Patricia Siplon's book, AIDS and the Policy Struggle in the United States, offers useful source material for what may be the rightful beginning of a shift toward a richer focus on AIDS as a public policy issue... a compelling work about the often-problematic public-policy responses (or lack thereof) to the countless medical and social problems presented by the AIDS epidemic in the United States... a terrific read. New Political Science