| AIDS and Governance Contributor(s): Whiteside, Alan (Author), Poku, Nana K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754645819 ISBN-13: 9780754645818 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Aids & Hiv |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| LCCN: 2006039319 |
| Series: Global Health |
| Physical Information: 286 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - AIDS |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The political impact of HIV/AIDS varies greatly and is difficult to map. States depend on how governments choose to manage the political implications of HIV and AIDS, both those stemming from the erosions of its own capacity as well as those that originate from their changing relationship on a national and international level. Across the developing world, HIV/AIDS is slowly killing adults in their most productive years, hollowing out state structures, deepening poverty and raising profound questions that touch on the organization of all aspects of social, economic and political life. With the epidemic showing scant signs of slowing down, this innovative volume assesses how HIV/AIDS affects governance and, conversely, how governance affects the course of the epidemic. In particular, the volume: |