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The global politics of AIDS /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, Colorado :
Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Title; Table of Contents; Preface; ch 1-Global Politics and HIV/AIDS: Local, National, and International Perspectives; Part 1: Domestic Politics and Policy; Part 2: International Politics; Conclusion; Notes; ch 2-Power and the Politics of HIV/AIDS; Dimensions of Power; AIDS and Power as a Multifaceted Relationship; Conclusion; Notes; Part 1: Domestic Politics and Policy; ch 3-Defying Globalization: Effective Self-Reliance in Brazil; The Struggle for Health Rights; David Versus Goliath: The Quest for Cheap Anti-AIDS Drugs; Figure 3.1 Costs of Unpatented Antiretroviral Drugs in Brazil.
- Figure 3.2 Costs of Antiretroviral Active Ingredients Purchased by BrazilFigure 3.3 Costs of Patented Antiretrovirals in Brazil; Table 3.1 Costs of Treating AIDS in Brazil; An Unexpected Success Story; Table 3.2 Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapies, Selected Cities; Table 3.3 AIDS-Related Hospitalizations in Brazil; Figure 3.5 AIDS Mortality Rates in Brazil; Conclusion; Notes; ch 4-The Government-NGO Disconnect: AIDS Policy in Ghana; Civil Society in Sub-Saharan Africa; AIDS Policies in Ghana; AIDS NGOs: In Search of Resources,Coordination, and Clout.
- Exclusion of AIDS NGOs from Decisionmaking InstitutionsAIDS NGOs and the Social and Political Environment; Lessons from Ghana About NGOs and AIDS Policies; Notes; ch 5-Overcoming the Contradictions: Women, Autonomy, and AIDS in Tanzania; What Autonomy Is and Why It Matters; A Gendered Perspective on AIDS in Tanzania; Voices of Suffering, Voices of Hope; Conclusion: Approaches and Recommendations; Notes; ch 6-The Political Economy of HIV/AIDS in India; The Contours of HIV/AIDS in India; Phase 1: Government Indifference Since 1985; Phase 2: Victimizing Minorities and High-Risk Groups.
- ConclusionNotes; ch 7-Law Enforcement, Public Health, and HIV/AIDS in China; Repression Versus Prevention; Prevention and Prohibition in China; Negative Consequences of the Prohibitionist Approach: Undermining HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts Among IDUs in Sichuan Province; Negative Consequences of a Prohibitionist Approach: Undermining Prevention Efforts Among Sex Workers; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; ch 8-Guilty as Charged: Accountability and the Politics of AIDS in France; French Citizenship and the "Foreignness" of AIDS; 1989-1992: Act Up Paris and the Politics of "Gay" Identity.
- 1992-1996: Act Up and Accountabilityin the Politics of AIDSThe Transformation of AIDS and Identity Politics; Conclusion: Accountability and Political Transformations; Notes; ch 9-Shifting Priorities in US AIDS Policy; Mobilization and Organizing; Legislation, Treatment, and the Rise of the AIDS Industry; Social Control; Conclusion; Notes; Part 2: International Politics; ch 10-The UN and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS; The AIDS Regime; The Nascent AIDS Regime: Scientific Efforts, State Ambivalence, and UN Tensions.