The Politics of AIDS : Globalization, the State and Civil Society

HIV/AIDS is the major political challenge of our time. Based on empirical observations from all over the world, this book examines how HIV/AIDS has become increasingly transnational, as nation states have extended their programmes across borders, and transnational networks have increased their activities. HIV/AIDS is the major political challenge of our time. For more than two decades various initiatives have been implemented in an attempt to respond to the disease - by governments, research communities, transnational corporations and in the context of civil society. The politics of HIV/AIDS has become increasingly transnational, as nation states in the global North have extended their programmes across borders, and transnational networks composed of international bodies, NGOs, social movements and private foundations have increased their activities. This book argues that the politics of AIDS must be understood as part of contemporary globalization. Including an impressive cast of international contributors, The Politics of AIDS offers a unique analysis of HIV/AIDS on a local, national and global scale Introduction : the politics of AIDS / Maj-Lis Follér & Håkan Thörn State fragility, human security and HIV / Dennis Altman A long wave event : HIV/AIDS, politics, governance and 'security' : sundering the intergenerational bond? / Tony Barnett AIDS and the future of the African state / Nana K. Poku The unattended dimension : AIDS and governability in Africa / Bertil Egero and Mikael Hammarskjold Multi-sectoral response to HIV/AIDS in the context of global funding : experiences from Uganda / Edward K. Kirumira Governance matters for AIDS : but what about the politics? : lessons from South Africa and Uganda / Peris Jones & Kjersti Koffeld Male involvement in Uganda : challenges and opportunities / Fred Henry Bateganya ... [et al.] Global struggles, local contexts : prospects for a Southern African AIDS feminism / Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala 'Brothers are doing it for themselves' : remaking masculinities in South Africa / Steven Robins Gender, sexuality and global linkages in the history of South African Aids activism, 1982-94 / Mandisa Mbali Surviving politics and the politics of surviving : understanding community mobilization in South Africa / May Chazan From global to local and back to global : the articulation of politics, knowledge and assistance in Brazilian responses to AIDS / Cristiana Bastos Mechanisms of representation and coordination in the Brazilian AIDS response : a perspective from civil society / Veriano Terto Jr and Jonathan García AIDS and civil belonging : disease management and political change in Thailand and Laos / Chris Lyttleton Governing AIDS : globalization, the state and civil society / Håkan Thörn & Maj-Lis Follér. "HIV/AIDS is a major political challenge of our time. For more than two decades various initiatives have been implemented in an attempt to respond to the disease - by governments, research communities, transnational corporations and in the context of civil society. the politics of HIV/AIDS has become increasingly transnational, as nation states in the global North have extended their programmes across borders, and transnational networks composed of international bodies, NGOs, social movements and private foundations have increased their activities. This book argues that the politics of AIDS must be understood as part of contemporary globalization. Including an impressive cast of international contributors, The Politics of AIDS offers a unique analysis of HIV/AIDS on a local, national and global scale."--BOOK JACKET

HIV/AIDS is one of the major political challenges of our time. For more than two decades, various initiatives have been taken to respond to the disease, not just by governments, but also by research communities, transnational corporations and in the context of civil society. Based on empirical observations from different parts of the world, this book addresses the fact that HIV/AIDS has become increasingly transnational, as nation states extend their programs across broders.