The African State and the AIDS Crisis (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Patterson, Amy S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the role of the African state in addressing AIDS crisis. It questions how the African state, which is usually seen to be institutionally weak, limited in resources, and lacking in international power, has responded to AIDS and provides case studies to address the AIDS epidemic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351147866
• Artikelnr.: 50924950

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: the African State and the AIDS crisis, Amy S. Patterson; AIDS and patriarchy: ideological obstacles to effective policy making, Patricia Siplon; Patterns of mobilization: political culture in the fight against AIDS, Fred Eboko, translated by Babacar Mbengue; AIDS, politics, and NGOs in Zimbabwe, Jake Batsell; AIDS, democracy, and international donors in Ghana, Amy S. Patterson and Bernard Haven; The economic, social, and political drivers of the AIDS epidemic in Swaziland: a case study, Alan Whiteside; The more things change: AIDS and the state in South Africa, 1987-2003, Patrick Furlong and Karen Ball; Personalist regimes and the insecurity dilemma: Prioritizing AIDS as a national security threat in Uganda, Robert L. Ostergard, Jr and Crystal Barcelo; Weak and ineffective? African states and recent international AIDS policies, Amy S. Patterson and David Cieminis; AIDS, pharmaceutical patents, and the African state: reorienting the global governance of intellectual property, Debora Halbert and Christopher May; Pursuing African AIDS governance: consolidating the response and preparing for the future, Maite Irurzun-Lopez and Nana Poku; Index.