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Features a collection of seven research-based articles on AIDS. This work seeks to cut through popular misunderstanding and conventional ideas about the spread and impact of AIDS by employing a political economic perspective in the analysis of the epidemic in diverse settings.

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Author:   Merrill Singer ,  Merrill Singer
Publisher:   Baywood Publishing Company Inc
Imprint:   Baywood Publishing Company Inc
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780895031778

ISBN 10:   0895031779
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   15 June 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Section I: Understanding Epidemics in Political Economic Context Chapter 1 The Political Economy of AIDS: An Introduction Merrill Singer Chapter 2 Images of Catastrophe: The Making of an Epidemic Shirley Lindenbaum Section II: Gender, Ethnicity and Class in AIDS Risk in the Inner-City Chapter 3 Articulating Personal Experience and Political Economy in the AIDS Epidemic: The Case of Carlos Torres Merrill Singer Chapter 4 Love, Jealousy, and Unsafe Sex among Inner-City Women: Social and Psychocultural Mediators of Political Economy's Impact on AIDS Risk Perception E. J. Sobo Chapter 5 Multiple Racial/Ethnic Subordination and HIV among Drug Users Samuel R. Friedman, Benny Jose, Bruce Stepherson, Alan Neaigus, Marjorie Goldstein, Pat Mota, Richard Curtis, and Gilbert Ildefonso Section III: The Struggle for Care Among People with HIV/AIDS Chapter 6 Medical Access for Injecting Drug Users Russell Rockwell, Samuel R. Friedman, Jo L. Sotheran, and Don Des Jarlais Chapter 7 The Political Economy of Caregiving for People with AIDS Anthony J. Lemelle and Charlene Harrington Section IV: AIDS In The Third World Chapter 8 The Political Ecology of AIDS in Africa Meredith Turshen Chapter 9 More than Money for Your Labor. Migration and the Political Economy of AIDS in Lesotho Nancy Romero-Daza and David Himmelgreen Chapter 10 Political Economy and Cultural Logics of HIV/AIDS among the Hmong in Northern Thailand Patricia V. Symonds Conclusion About the Contributors Name Index Topic Index

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