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The international politics of HIV/AIDS: global disease-local pain

Seckinelgin, Hakan (2008) The international politics of HIV/AIDS: global disease-local pain. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415413831

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Abstract

This book examines the global governance of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, interrogating the role of this international system and global discourse on HIV/AIDS interventions. The geographical focus is Sub-Saharan Africa since the region has been at the forefront of these interventions. There is a need to understand the relationship between the international political environment and the impact of resulting policies on HIV/AIDS in the context of people’s lives. Hakan Seckinelgin points out a certain disjuncture between this governance structures and the way people experience the disease in their everyday lives. Although the structure allows people to emerge as policy relevant target groups and beneficiaries, the articulation of needs and design of policy interventions tends to reflect international priorities rather than people’s thinking on the problem. In other words, he argues that while the international interventions highlight the importance attributed to the HIV/AIDS problem, the nature of the system does not allow interventions to be far reaching and sustainable. Offering a critical contribution to the understanding of the problems in HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, International Politics of HIV/AIDS will be invaluable to students and researchers of health, international politics and development.

Item Type: Book
Official URL: http://www.routledge.com/
Additional Information: © 2008 Routledge
Divisions: Social Policy
Middle East Centre
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2008
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 21:46
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/3262

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