Political Economy of AIDS

• PrefaceSection I: Understanding Epidemics in Political Economic ContextChapter 1 The Political Economy of AIDS: An Introduction Merrill SingerChapter 2 Images of Catastrophe: The Making of an Epidemic Shirley LindenbaumSection II: Gender, Ethnicity and Class in AIDS Risk in the Inner-CityChapter 3 Articulating Personal Experience and Political Economy in the AIDS Epidemic: The Case of Carlos Torres Merrill SingerChapter 4 Love, Jealousy, and Unsafe Sex among Inner-City Women: Social and Psychocultural Mediators of Political Economy's Impact on AIDS Risk Perception E. J. SoboChapter 5 Multiple Racial/Ethnic Subordination and HIV among Drug Users Samuel R. Friedman, Benny Jose, Bruce Stepherson, Alan Neaigus, Marjorie Goldstein, Pat Mota, Richard Curtis,and Gilbert IldefonsoSection III: The Struggle for Care Among People with HIV/AIDSChapter 6 Medical Access for Injecting Drug Users Russell Rockwell, Samuel R. Friedman, Jo L. Sotheran, and Don Des JarlaisChapter 7 The Political Economy of Caregiving for People with AIDS Anthony J. Lemelle and Charlene HarringtonSection IV: AIDS In The Third WorldChapter 8 The Political Ecology of AIDS in Africa Meredith TurshenChapter 9 More than Money for Your Labor. Migration and the Political Economy of AIDS in Lesotho Nancy Romero-Daza and David HimmelgreenChapter 10 Political Economy and Cultural Logics of HIV/AIDS among the Hmong in Northern Thailand Patricia V. SymondsConclusionAbout the ContributorsName IndexTopic Index

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