The political cost of AIDS in Africa : an overview /

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Author / Creator:Chirambo, Kondwani.
Imprint:Pretoria [South Africa] : IDASA, 2008.
Description:74 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10049501
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Other authors / contributors:Institute for Democracy in South Africa.
ISBN:9781920118662
1920118667
Notes:The culmination of three years of exploratory research, this study shows how AIDS is interwoven with the continent's ambitions for deepening democracy. Also available is an expanded companion volume, which provides the details of the study's research findings in separate chapters on Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal and Zambia.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-74).
Summary:The Political Cost of AIDS in Africa provides comprehensive empirical evidence of the impact HIV/AIDS is having on politics and the electoral process.It reveals that the fledgling multi-party democracies in parts of the continent are being undermined by sickness, incapacity and premature deaths among elected leaders as well as within the electorate. It suggests innovative and holistic responses to address these problems. A culmination of three years of exploratory studies by African researchers working under the auspices of Idasa, it demonstrates how AIDS is interwoven with the continent{u2019}s ambitions for deepening democracy.
Other form:Online version: Chirambo, Kondwani. Political cost of AIDS in Africa. Pretoria, [South Africa] : IDASA, 2008
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Summary:This overview provides an introduction to a study on The Political Cost of AIDS in Africa conducted by the South African democracy institute Idasa, and its research partners in different countries in Africa. It provides comprehensive empirical evidence of the impact HIV/AIDS is having on politics and the electoral process and demonstrates that the fledgling multi-party democracies in parts of the continent are being undermined by sickness, incapacity and premature deaths among elected leaders as well as within the electorate. The culmination of three years of exploratory research, the study shows how AIDS is interwoven with the continent's ambitions for deepening democracy. It is also available is an expanded companion volume, which provides the details of the study's research findings in separate chapters on Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal and Zambia.
Item Description:The culmination of three years of exploratory research, this study shows how AIDS is interwoven with the continent's ambitions for deepening democracy. Also available is an expanded companion volume, which provides the details of the study's research findings in separate chapters on Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal and Zambia.
Physical Description:74 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-74).
ISBN:9781920118662
1920118667