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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141943803321

Titolo

Civic insecurity : law, order and HIV in Papua New Guinea / / edited by Vicki Luker and Sinclair Dinnen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra : , : ANU E Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-921666-60-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in state and society in the Pacific ; ; number 6

Disciplina

362.1969792009953

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Papua New Guinea

AIDS (Disease) - Law and legislation - Papua New Guinea

AIDS (Disease) - Papua New Guinea - Prevention

HIV infections - Papua New Guinea

Law enforcement - Papua New Guinea

Crime - Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Social conditions

Papua New Guinea Social life and customs

Papua New Guinea Politics and government 1975-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program"--title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Papua New Guinea has a complex ‘law and order’ problem and an entrenched epidemic of HIV. This book explores their interaction. It also probes their joint challenges and opportunities—most fundamentally for civic security, a condition that could offersome immunity to both. This book is a valuable and timely contribution to a limited but growing body of scholarship in the social and structural contexts of HIV epidemiology in Papua New Guinea. The volume offers a unique collection of interdisciplinary insights on the connections between law and order and the HIV epidemic and is presented in a manner accessible to a wide audience, scholars and lay people alike… Significantly, this is the first volume to critically examine the complex and inexorable links between HIV, gender, violence, and security within



a theoretical framework thv at illuminates the challenges of the epidemic for PNG’s future cohesion and stability as a young nation…The importance of this courageous book cannot be overstated. While it communicates an urgent and potent message about the need for immediate action … it offers insightful reflections on the processes and possibilities of social transformation that undoubtedly will have enduring scholarly and practical value.