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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780155603321

Autore

Altman Dennis <1943, >

Titolo

Power and community : organizational and cultural responses to AIDS / / Dennis Altman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Bristol, Pa. : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1994

ISBN

1-135-35722-6

1-135-35723-4

1-280-40681-X

9786610406814

0-203-50250-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Social aspects of AIDS Power and community

Disciplina

362.1/969792

610

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects

Community health services

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Community Health Services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Power and Community; CopyrightPage; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. HIV and Community; Chapter 2. The Emergence of a Non-Government Response to AIDS; Chapter 3. What Do CBOs Do?; Chapter 4. The Changing Pandemic; Chapter 5. The Evolution of the Community Sector; Chapter 6. Expertise and Professionalism: Who Owns AIDS?; Chapter 7. The International Dimension; Chapter 8. Overview: CBOs as Subversive; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a global overview of the role of the community sector, examining in detail the origins and activities of community organizations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific. It also describes the impact of sexuality and gender on AIDS activism and AIDS organizing, as well as broader cultural responses to the epidemic. It charts the emergence and development of the community sector response to HIV and AIDS,



illustrating the factors that led affected individuals and communities to organize, question, challenge and redefine initial