This book explains how issues of governance lie at the heart of understandingand combating the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. It reviews the debates surrounding the root causes of the pandemic and its continuing proliferation and examines the local and global socio-political forces that have contributed to the spread and impact of the disease. ADRIAN FLINT Lecturer in Development Poltics at the University of Bristol,UK. Originally from South Africa, he has also taught at the University of Dundee, UK, and the University of St Andrews, UK. He is the author of 'Trade, Poverty and the Environment: The EU, Cotonou and the African-Caribbean-Pacific Bloc.' INDICE: Introduction - Sex and Disease: A Historical Perspective - The Origins of HIV/AIDS - Gender, Violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS - Policymaking,Dissidents and Denialists - Traditional Medicine and the Politics of the 'Witchcraft' Paradigm - The International Response: Multilateral and Unilateral Approaches - Morality, Behavioural Change and the Search for a 'Social Vaccine' - Governance, the International Trading System and Access to Antiretrovirals -Conclusion
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22142-0
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 28/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido