For three decades post-apartheid, the HIV/AIDS epidemic from first acknowledgement to its management as a chronic disease, demanded unparalleled attention. This was nowhere more evident than in South Africa. This book explores how the state responded to its responsibilities to defend and protect (human) security. Linking this to the role of the state as sovereign protector and provider of security, it applies the findings to the broader re-interpretation of sovereign responsibility in the 21st Century. This book does not seek to absolve the South African state of its responsibility to respond. Moreover, it argues that although the state, the government, before, during, and after the transition to democracy, was aware of and acknowledged the threat - political, economic and social - posed by the epidemic, it nonetheless chose not to make the epidemic a priority policy issue. As a result, it argues that the South African HIV/AIDS case illustrates the tension inherent between a state's ultimate sovereign responsibility to respond and its tactical dependence on external contributors to meet the demands of all of its constituents.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781472423375
eBay Product ID (ePID)
195141149
Product Key Features
Author
Annamarie Bindenagel Sehovic
Publication Name
Hiv/Aids and the South African State: Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Respond
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Healthcare System
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
590g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Annamarie Bindenagel Sehovic
Series Title
Routledge Global Health Series
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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