Hiv/aids in Sub-Saharan Africa - Politics, Aid and Globalization

Informationen zum Autor ADRIAN FLINT Lecturer in Development Poltics at the University of Bristol, UK. Originally from South Africa, he has also taught at the University of Dundee, UK, and the University of St Andrews, UK. He is the author of Trade, Poverty and the Environment: The EU, Cotonou and the African-Caribbean-Pacific Bloc. Klappentext This book explains how issues of governance lie at the heart of understanding and combating the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. It reviews the debates surrounding the root causes of the pandemic and its continuing proliferation and examines the local and global socio-political forces that have contributed to the spread and impact of the disease. Zusammenfassung This book explains how issues of governance lie at the heart of understanding and combating the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. It reviews the debates surrounding the root causes of the pandemic and its continuing proliferation and examines the local and global socio-political forces that have contributed to the spread and impact of the disease. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Sex and Disease: A Historical Perspective The Origins of HIV/AIDS Gender, Violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS Policymaking, Dissidents and Denialists Traditional Medicine and the Politics of the 'Witchcraft' Paradigm The International Response: Multilateral and Unilateral Approaches Morality, Behavioural Change and the Search for a 'Social Vaccine' Governance, the International Trading System and Access to Antiretrovirals Conclusion

List of contents

Introduction Sex and Disease: A Historical Perspective The Origins of HIV/AIDS Gender, Violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS Policymaking, Dissidents and Denialists Traditional Medicine and the Politics of the 'Witchcraft' Paradigm The International Response: Multilateral and Unilateral Approaches Morality, Behavioural Change and the Search for a 'Social Vaccine' Governance, the International Trading System and Access to Antiretrovirals Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: A Flint, A. Flint, Adrian Flint
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349306923
• ISBN: 978-1-349-30692-3
• No. of pages: 225
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Cultural Studies, Economic Policy, Political Science, Africa, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Regional Studies, Economic development, Development policy, African Politics, Development Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Africa—Politics and government