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UNINA9910345131403321 |
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Autore |
De Waal Alexander |
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Titolo |
AIDS and power : disease and democracy in Africa / / Alex de Waal |
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New York, : Zed Books in association with the International African Institute, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-21837-5 |
1-84813-609-9 |
1-281-21558-9 |
1-78034-520-8 |
9786611215583 |
1-84813-054-6 |
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Edizione |
[ebook edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (158 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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AIDS (Disease) - Political aspects - South Africa |
AIDS (Disease) - South Africa |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A manageable catastrophe -- Life expectancy and public opinion -- Structure of this book -- Denial and how it is overcome -- Private experience and public concern -- Giving meaning to AIDS -- 'Normalizing' AIDS -- Sex and power -- Domesticating AIDS, and its costs -- The media and overcoming denial -- Pavement radio -- AIDS activists : reformers and revolutionaries -- Confrontation and its limits -- 'Positive positive women' -- AIDS and elections -- Activist networks, local and global -- Transformations in governance -- New solidarities -- How African democracies withstand AIDS -- The issue of a lifetime -- 'Weber in reverse' -- How do African states 'really' function? -- Democratic demographics -- The economics of democracy -- 'New variant famine' -- The political benefits of AIDS -- Ugandan myths -- ABC : carefully mixed messages -- 'Fighting' AIDS -- On the difficulties of showing success -- Treatment regimes -- Power, choices and survival -- Lutaaya, 'alone' -- Democracies can manage AIDS -- Democracies do not prevent HIV. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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AIDS and Power explains why social and political life in Africa goes on |
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