| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Global health |
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Global health.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: The African State and the AIDS Crisis -- 2 AIDS and Patriarchy: Ideological Obstacles to Effective Policy Making -- 3 Patterns of Mobilization: Political Culture in the Fight Against AIDS -- 4 AIDS, Politics, and NGOs in Zimbabwe -- 5 AIDS, Democracy and International Donors in Ghana -- 6 The Economic, Social, and Political Drivers of the AIDS Epidemic in Swaziland: A Case Study -- 7 The More Things Change: AIDS and the State in South Africa, 1987-2003 -- 8 Personalist Regimes and the Insecurity Dilemma: Prioritizing AIDS as a National Security Threat in Uganda -- 9 Weak and Ineffective? African States and Recent International AIDS Policies -- 10 AIDS, Pharmaceutical Patents and the African State: Reorienting the Global Governance of Intellectual Property -- 11 Pursuing African AIDS Governance: Consolidating the Response and Preparing for the Future -- Index |
| Summary |
"This edited volume analyzes African state responses to the AIDS epidemic. Institutionally weak, limited in resources and lacking power in the international system, the African state has been characterized as inefficient, corrupt and illegitimate. The volume questions how aspects of the African state have affected policy responses to AIDS. It highlights how African states must initiate, develop and/or implement the long-term policy solutions necessary to combat AIDS. It employs empirical studies from the international and national arena to illustrate why some African states have been able (and willing) to address AIDS while others have not. Contributions analyze how international actors, civil society organizations, state ideology, patriarchy and state capacity have influenced policies to fight AIDS. Examining AIDS policies through the prism of African state development and linkages to domestic and international actors, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the variety of responses to AIDS in Africa."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 31, 2018) |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease) -- Africa
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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AIDS (Disease)
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Patterson, Amy S. (Amy Stephenson), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351147866 |
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1351147862 |
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