AIDS and Power Why there is no Political Crisis - Yet

Why, twenty years into the crisis, are democratic governments performing so poorly in tackling AIDS in Africa? De Waal argues that existing approaches are driven by interests and frameworks that fail to engage with African societies' resilience and creativity. Already, African communities have confounded some of the worst predictions of disaster. If adequately supported, they will find ways of sustaining development and democracy in the midst of HIV/AIDS.

Alex de Waal is a fellow of the Global Equity Initiative, Harvard; Director of the Social Science Research Council program on AIDS and social transformation; and a director of Justice Africa in London.

HIV AIDS in African Societies * How AIDS May Cause Democracies to Fail * Why Liberal Democracies are Poor at Tackling AIDS * Why Political Mobilization around AIDS is So Difficult * Reinventing Democracy in the Era of AIDS

HIV AIDS in African Societies * How AIDS May Cause Democracies to Fail * Why Liberal Democracies are Poor at Tackling AIDS * Why Political Mobilization around AIDS is So Difficult * Reinventing Democracy in the Era of AIDS