Action on AIDS: National Policies in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moss, David / Misztal, Barbara A., PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, This edited collection shows how the spread of HIV ong>inong>fection has been followed, represented, and managed ong>inong> nong>inong>e countries between and . The countries cited ong>inong> this study have been chosen to emphasize contrasts ong>inong> the social and epidemiological profiles of AIDS, and to suggest the diversity of the problems constituted by HIV/AIDS ong>inong> different national contexts. The juxtaposition of sequences of national response will raise questions about the range of policy options actually available to political and social policy-makers ong>inong> a given context, and will ong>inong>vite further examong>inong>ation of the factors determong>inong>ong>inong>g the acceptance or rejection of specific measures. Followong>inong>g the ong>inong>troduction, which outlong>inong>es the choices that national governments confront ong>inong> formulatong>inong>g AIDS policies, the successive chapters cover the reong>actionong>s to HIV/AIDS ong>inong> the United States, Brazil, France, Belgium, West Germany, Italy, Poland, Australia, and Africa. The fong>inong>al chapter compares the patterns of national response, identifies their common and divergent features, and poong>inong>ts out tensions ong>inong> policy-makong>inong>g caused by current changes ong>inong> the spread of ong>inong>fection and ong>inong> the understandong>inong>g of the virus. This book makes ong>inong>formative readong>inong>g for those who want to learn more about ong>inong>ternational variation ong>inong> the political, social, and economic aspects of the AIDS epidemic.