AIDS and Governance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780754645818)

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:

Author: Alan Whiteside
ISBN-10: 0754645819
ISBN-13: 9780754645818
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/21/2007
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback