Boundaries of Contagion

Author: Evan S. Lieberman
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0691140197
Category: Medical

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

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. Download Boundaries of Contagion medical books for free.
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 Lieb Get Boundaries of Contagion our bestseller medical books.

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