'Lessons learned' highlighted as global politics of HIV/AIDS examined in ne...( HIV/AIDS and privileging market-based...)

HIV/AIDS, and privileging market-based models over public health at a time when state action was crucial, Bosia concludes the French government was unable to translate its high level of state capacity into meaningful action in the short run. As a result, early French prevention policies were a failurea notable and instructive outcome for an advanced industrial society.

Patricia Siplon and Jamila Headley (St. Michaels College) employ a different approach and context for examining state action in their contribution entitled "Roadblocks to the Road to Treatment: Lessons from Barbados and Brazil." The authors focus on the importance of civil societal mobilizationin widely differing national contexts such as Barbados and Brazilin spurring and supporting state action regarding access to treatment for HIV/AIDS victims. They conclude the key factors in enabling effective treatment access in both countries were (a) sufficient political will and (b) the recognition of health care as a human right. What most clearly differentiates the two cases has been the relative engagement of civil society, and especially of people living with HIV/AIDS themselves, in enforcing these factors.

Linkages between the state and civil society are also emphasized in Krista Johnsons article "Framing AIDS Mobilization and Human Rights in Post-apartheid South Africa," which sheds light on the way activists frame messages and tailor their approaches to contest state and business interests. Johnson (Agnes Scott College) examines how South African activists effectively deployed the rights enshrined in the post-apartheid constitution to develop an approach that to counter state and corporate interests. She points to the resulting adversarial relationship that in turn has hindered an effective response to the pandemic in South Africa, where prevalence rates of HIV/AIDS exceed 20% of the population.

The final article, "Rejection as Freedom" HIV/AIDS Organizations and Iden
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Contact: Bahram Rajaee
brajaee@apsanet.org
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American Political Science Association
12-Dec-2006

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