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

• Autore: Altman Dennis <1943, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Bristol, Pa. : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/969792; 610
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects; Community health services; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Community Health Services
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Power and community
• ISBN: 1-135-35722-6; 1-135-35723-4; 1-280-40681-X; 9786610406814; 0-203-50250-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780155603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social aspects of AIDS.