AIDS and Power: Why There Is No Political Crisis – YetBloomsbury Publishing, 29 февр. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 161 One in six adults in sub-Saharan Africa will die in their prime of AIDS. It is a stunning cataclysm, plunging life expectancy to pre-modern levels and orphaning millions of children. Yet political trauma does not grip Africa. People living with AIDS are not rioting in the streets or overthrowing governments. In fact, democratic governance is spreading. Contrary to fearful predictions, the social fabric is not being ripped apart by bands of unsocialized orphan children. AIDS and Power explains why social and political life in Africa goes on in a remarkably normal way, and how political leaders have successfully managed the AIDS epidemic so as to overcome any threats to their power. Partly because of pervasive denial, AIDS is not a political priority for electorates, and therefore not for democratic leaders either. AIDS activists have not directly challenged the political order, instead using international networks to promote a rights-based approach to tackling the epidemic. African political systems have proven resilient in the face of AIDS's stresses, and rulers have learned to co-opt international AIDS efforts to their own political ends. In contrast with these successes, African governments and international agencies have a sorry record of tackling the epidemic itself. AIDS and Power concludes without political incentives for HIV prevention, this failure will persist. |
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... evidence, and some on faith.These process indicators, such as UNAIDS's 'three ones',4 are rigorously assessed. Encouragingly for democrats, this process emphasizes human rights and the participation of civil society leaders, and it has ...
... evidence, and some on faith.These process indicators, such as UNAIDS's 'three ones',4 are rigorously assessed. Encouragingly for democrats, this process emphasizes human rights and the participation of civil society leaders, and it has ...
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... evidence for catastrophic socioeconomic repercussions is as yet slender. But we must be alert to the more subtle and far-reaching ways in which AIDS can influence the trajectory of social development. Perhaps more importantly, African ...
... evidence for catastrophic socioeconomic repercussions is as yet slender. But we must be alert to the more subtle and far-reaching ways in which AIDS can influence the trajectory of social development. Perhaps more importantly, African ...
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... evidence we need if we are to be able to design effective policies and programmes to overcome HIV/AIDS. We are not seriously demanding that our leaders prevent HIV infections, and we should not be surprised that they are failing to do ...
... evidence we need if we are to be able to design effective policies and programmes to overcome HIV/AIDS. We are not seriously demanding that our leaders prevent HIV infections, and we should not be surprised that they are failing to do ...
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... evidence of practices adapting to a changing environment. Although undertakers have shown a response to the increasing numbers of AIDS-related deaths in keeping their prices constant despite inflation, burial practices do not reflect ...
... evidence of practices adapting to a changing environment. Although undertakers have shown a response to the increasing numbers of AIDS-related deaths in keeping their prices constant despite inflation, burial practices do not reflect ...
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AIDS Activists Reformers and Revolutionaries | 34 |
How African Democracies Withstand AIDS | 66 |
The Political Benefits of AIDS | 94 |
Power Choices and Survival | 117 |
Notes | 124 |
Bibliography | 133 |
Index | 144 |
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