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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... Treatment Regimes 105 108 111 6. 117 117 Power, Choices and Survival Lutaaya,'Alone' Democracies Can Manage AIDS Democracies Do Not Prevent HIV 119 121 Acknowledgements Many people have contributed to this book. Preparatory research.
... Treatment Regimes 105 108 111 6. 117 117 Power, Choices and Survival Lutaaya,'Alone' Democracies Can Manage AIDS Democracies Do Not Prevent HIV 119 121 Acknowledgements Many people have contributed to this book. Preparatory research.
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... treat their otherwise fatal disease was broken up by riot police. The demonstrators, most of whom were HIV-positive women, were beaten, and 10 were shot. The next day in Moscow, people infected with HIV chained themselves to government ...
... treat their otherwise fatal disease was broken up by riot police. The demonstrators, most of whom were HIV-positive women, were beaten, and 10 were shot. The next day in Moscow, people infected with HIV chained themselves to government ...
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... Treatment has a ready constituency – people living with HIV and AIDS – and it is unsurprising that it has recently received a great deal of political energy and commitment. Amid the current enthusiasm for scaling up treatment, it is ...
... Treatment has a ready constituency – people living with HIV and AIDS – and it is unsurprising that it has recently received a great deal of political energy and commitment. Amid the current enthusiasm for scaling up treatment, it is ...
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... Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) protest in Queenstown, South Africa in July 2005, this chapter illustrates how HIV/AIDS is not a harbinger of revolution or political crisis. For different reasons, the key stakeholders in the public ...
... Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) protest in Queenstown, South Africa in July 2005, this chapter illustrates how HIV/AIDS is not a harbinger of revolution or political crisis. For different reasons, the key stakeholders in the public ...
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... treatment programmes are rolled out, consuming a large proportion of aid to Africa, governance will change yet again.Today's norms and structures provide for good representation by civil society leaders, including AIDS activists. But we ...
... treatment programmes are rolled out, consuming a large proportion of aid to Africa, governance will change yet again.Today's norms and structures provide for good representation by civil society leaders, including AIDS activists. But we ...
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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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