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Zusatztext '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.' Dr Rene Loewenson! Director! Training and Research Support Centre! Zimbabwe Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext With the epidemic showing scant signs of slowing down anywhere in the developing world! this volume assesses how HIV/AIDS affects governance! and conversely how governance affects the course of the epidemic. It employs an analytical and polemic framework for mapping the multiple dynamic mechanisms of governance and HIV/AIDS. Zusammenfassung The HIV/AIDS epidemic is showing scant signs of slowing down; its political impact varies greatly and is difficult to map. Providing an incisive study of the global plague that threatens existing social, economic and human interrelations, this innovative volume assesses how HIV/AIDS affects governance and, conversely, how governance affects the course of the epidemic. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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;...
