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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Annamarie Bindenagel Šehovi?Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138279315ISBN 10: 1138279315 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 17 November 2016 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: The South African State and the Responsibility to Respond; Chapter 2 Situational Analysis of HIV/AIDS in South Africa; Chapter 3 Social, Economic, and Political Consequences of HIV/AIDS in South Africa; Chapter 4 The (Inter)national Framework of South Africa’s Policy-Making; Chapter 5 Policy Polemics I: Apartheid’s Demise to HIV/AIDS’ Rise; Chapter 6 Policy Polemics II: Rising to the Challenge of HIV/AIDS; Chapter 7 Comparative Applications of the GAP Hypothesis; Chapter 8 Conclusion and Recommendations;Reviews'This book on the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa is of utmost academic and political significance and key to understanding the complicated nexus between health and development. Well researched and cogently argued: the author has provided an excellent and penetrating empirical analysis and applied an original theoretical interpretation to demystify a complex development challenge confronting Africa's leading economy and add to knowledge on health sovereignty.' Franklyn Lisk, University of Warwick, UK '... provides an alternative view on the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa...highlights the challenges if transnational actors take over state functions when the state is too weak but retains ultimate responsibility. A must read for anyone doing research on governance in areas of limited statehood.' Tanja A. Borzel, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany HIV/AIDS and the South African State is a comprehensive account of the country's 30-year struggle with the disease, a history fraught with government inaction, harmful interventions and dramatic discord between the South African state, the international community and HIV/AIDS organisations. This book offers students of global health policy and political science a rich context in which to discuss theories of statehood, sovereignty and the problematic nature of the state's responsibility to the international community and to its people ... HIV/AIDS and the South African State is a valuable contribution to cross-disciplinary literature exploring effective responses to combatting HIV/AIDS as well as other global 'grand challenges' that require the collaborative efforts of state, external state and non-state actors. LSE Review of Books 'HIV/AIDS and the South African State: Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Respond is an important read for anyone wanting to understand the rise of HIV in South Africa. It provides a subtler understanding and rationale for often misunderstood aspects of political a Author InformationDr. Annamarie Bindenagel Å ehović is a political scientist and public (health) policy analyst with many years of experience in and focused on sub-Saharan Africa and global health and human security. Dr. Å ehović is currently health analyst at the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), and affiliated with the Willy-Brandt School of Public Policy and the University of Erfurt, Germany, as well as with the health and human security component of the GR: EEN EU FP7 Funded Project at the University of Warwick, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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