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AIDS and Power - Why There Is No Political Crisis - Yet (Paperback)
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AIDS and Power - Why There Is No Political Crisis - Yet (Paperback)
Series: African Arguments
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One in six adults in sub-Saharan Africa will die in their prime of
AIDS. It is a stunning cataclysm, plunging life expectancy to
pre-modern levels and orphaning millions of children. Yet political
trauma does not grip Africa. People living with AIDS are not
rioting in the streets or overthrowing governments. In fact,
democratic governance is spreading. Contrary to fearful
predictions, the social fabric is not being ripped apart by bands
of unsocialized orphan children. AIDS and Power explains why social
and political life in Africa goes on in a remarkably normal way,
and how political leaders have successfully managed the AIDS
epidemic so as to overcome any threats to their power. Partly
because of pervasive denial, AIDS is not a political priority for
electorates, and therefore not for democratic leaders either. AIDS
activists have not directly challenged the political order, instead
using international networks to promote a rights-based approach to
tackling the epidemic. African political systems have proven
resilient in the face of AIDS's stresses, and rulers have learned
to co-opt international AIDS efforts to their own political ends.
In contrast with these successes, African governments and
international agencies have a sorry record of tackling the epidemic
itself. AIDS and Power concludes without political incentives for
HIV prevention, this failure will persist.
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