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This book offers a critical inquiry into the framing of health and
disease as a security issue. In particular, the book examines what
happens in the United Nations when the ostensibly 'low' politics of
global health meet the 'high' politics of security, and when the
logic of security comes to shape global health initiatives. It
offers a critical re-assessment of efforts in the United Nations
system to position HIV as a security threat with the hope that this
would attract greater attention and resources for the global HIV
response. The book advances securitization theory by presenting a
new framework for studying HIV as a policy process, uniting several
theoretical strands into a single, powerful model for empirical
application. It uses this model to draw attention to important,
understudied aspects of HIV securitization, including the role
played by discourses about Africa, and the evolution of ideas about
HIV and security as actors learned over time. On the basis of this
empirically grounded assessment of how securitization works as a
theory and a political strategy, the book suggests that
securitization is inherently limited, and perhaps dangerous, as a
strategy for 'securing' social change. This book will be of much
interest to students of critical security studies, global health,
development studies, and IR in general.
This book offers a critical inquiry into the framing of health and
disease as a security issue. In particular, the book examines what
happens in the United Nations when the ostensibly 'low' politics of
global health meet the 'high' politics of security, and when the
logic of security comes to shape global health initiatives. It
offers a critical re-assessment of efforts in the United Nations
system to position HIV as a security threat with the hope that this
would attract greater attention and resources for the global HIV
response. The book advances securitization theory by presenting a
new framework for studying HIV as a policy process, uniting several
theoretical strands into a single, powerful model for empirical
application. It uses this model to draw attention to important,
understudied aspects of HIV securitization, including the role
played by discourses about Africa, and the evolution of ideas about
HIV and security as actors learned over time. On the basis of this
empirically grounded assessment of how securitization works as a
theory and a political strategy, the book suggests that
securitization is inherently limited, and perhaps dangerous, as a
strategy for 'securing' social change. This book will be of much
interest to students of critical security studies, global health,
development studies, and IR in general.
What does it mean to think of HIV/AIDS policy in a critical manner?
Seeing Red offers the first critical analysis of HIV/AIDS policy in
Canada. Featuring the diverse experiences of people living with
HIV, this collection highlights various perspectives from
academics, activists, and community workers who look ahead to the
new and complex challenges associated with HIV/AIDS and Canadian
society. In addition to representing a diversity of voices and
perspectives, Seeing Red reflects on historical responses to
HIV/AIDS in Canada. Among the specific issues addressed are the
over-representation of Indigenous peoples among those living with
HIV, the criminalization of HIV, and barriers to health and support
services, particularly as experienced by vulnerable and
marginalized populations. The editors and contributors seek to show
that Canada has been neither uniquely compassionate nor proactive
when it comes to supporting those living with HIV/AIDS. Instead,
this remains a critical area of public policy, one fraught with
challenges as well as possibilities.
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