Boundaries of Contagion: How Ethnic Politics Have Shaped Government Responses to AIDS Pdf

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Edition: First Edition
Release: 2009-03-23
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0691140197
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Boundaries of Contagion pdf
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Why have governments responded to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in such different ways? During the past quarter century, international agencies and donors have disseminated vast resources and a set of best practice recommendations to policymakers around the globe. Yet the governments of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean continue to implement widely varying policies. Boundaries of Contagion is the first systematic, comparative analysis of the politics of HIV/AIDS. The book explores the political challenges of responding to a stigmatized condition, and identifies ethnic boundaries--the formal and informal institutions that divide societies--as a central influence on politics and policymaking. Evan Lieberman examines the ways in which risk and social competition get mapped onto well-institutionalized patterns of ethnic politics. Where strong ethnic boundaries fragment societies into groups, the politics of AIDS are more likely to involve blame and Download Boundaries of Contagion for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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