Entries (RSS) AIDS and Power: Why There is no Political Crisis-Yet
Aids and Power explains why social and political life in Africa goes on in a remarkably normal way, and how political leaders have successfully managed the AIDS epidemic so as to overcome any threats to their power. Partly because of pervasive denial, AIDS is not a political priority for electorates, and therefore not for democratic leaders either. ADS activists have not directly challenged the political order, instead using international networks to promote a rights-based approach to tacking the epidemic. African political systems have proven resilient in the face of AIDS’s stresses, and rulers have learned to co-opt international AIDS efforts to their own political ends. |
