The Political Economy of AIDS
1st Edition
Published on 30. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
978-0-415-78398-9 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
362 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-78398-9 (9780415783989)
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Content
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
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