HIV/AIDS and society in South Africa
By: edited by Angela Ndinga-Muvumba and Robyn Pharoah.
Contributors: Ndinga-Muvumba, Angela.; Pharoah, Robyn.
Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Scottsville, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781869141523
Subjects: Treatment Action Campaign.; AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa.; HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa.; Prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- South Africa.; Soldiers -- Health and hygiene -- South Africa.
Description: "We have not yet unravel led how HIV/AIDS is changing South Africa's social fabric despite the fact that over 5 million South Africans are living with the virus. Do we know how HIV/AIDS may affect different sectors of society, possibly altering the course set for development? Is it possible that the way in which the epidemic is being fought - through health and human rights activism - is adjusting our expectations of justice and equality?" "This book is a multidisciplinary overview of the discourse on HIV/AIDS and explores the concept of human security and the global development agenda. Contributions are drawn from a diverse group of academics and activists who examine how the epidemic intersects with politics, society, culture and the economy in South Africa, addressing human rights, gender inequality, prisons, the military, the education sector, rural livelihoods and the orphan crisis."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Angela Ndinga-Muvumba; title: From state security to human security / Nana Poku and Bjorg Sandkjaer; title: The burdens of the past / Shula Marks; title: Human rights in the context of human security / Edwin Cameron and Marlise Richter; title: The treatment action campaign's activism / Dean Peacock, et a.; title: The public education sector and HIV/AIDS / Karl Peltzer; title: Rural livelihoods and land / Ruth Hall; title: Orphans and security / Robyn Pharoah; title: Prison and HIV/AIDS / Razaan Bailey; title: The military sector and HIV/AIDS / Angela Ndinga-Muvumba; title: The development agenda and HIV/AIDS / Alan Whiteside; title: The United Nations and securitisation of HIV/AIDS / Pieter Fourie; title: Conclusion / Robyn Pharoah.