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AIDS AND SOUTH AFRICA - The Social Expression of a Pandemic
HIVAN Media Office.
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PanMacMillan has recently launched a new book on the epidemic entitled: "AIDS AND SOUTH AFRICA - The Social Expression of a Pandemic" edited by Kyle D Kauffman and David L Lindauer, with a Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic striking South Africa is of historic proportion. More people are living with AIDS in South Africa than in any other country in the world. Just in the past decade, the life expectancy in South Africa has dropped from 67 to 48 years. The social and economic impact of the disease is hard to overstate. However, what is striking is the paucity of thoughtful, effective scholarship and writing on the subject. This book is a compilation of readings, authored by leading researchers from a wide range of disciplines who are working towards addressing the economic, social and cultural impact of the epidemic as it relates to South Africa society.
In his endorsement of the book, Archbishop Tutu says: "In many fundamental ways this volume reflects both the approach and the spirit needed to address the challenge of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. There will not be one solution to the AIDS pandemic. We need to fight this battle on many fronts. We need to understand the politics, both nationally and internationally, that have conditioned the thus far inadequate response to HIV/AIDS. We need to anticipate the economic consequences of the epidemic and to prepare for them. We need to understand individual behaviour, especially of our youth, that puts too many at risk. We need to promote the activism required for change. This volume addresses these critical elements."
The contents include:
* "Too poor to stay alive" - Sonia Ehrlich Sachs and Jeffrey D. Sachs
* "Why is South Africa the HIV Capital of the World? An Institutional Analysis of the Spread of a Virus" - Kyle D. Kauffman
* "HIV/AIDS in the Context of South Africa's Epidemic History" - Howard Phillips
* "South Africa Divided Against AIDS : A Crisis of Leadership" - Virginia van der Vliet
* " Assessing the Demographic and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS" - Jeffrey D Lewis
* "HIV/AIDS in South Africa - Can the visual arts make a difference?" - Marilyn Martin
* "From Policy to Practice : the Anthropology of Condom Use" - Claudia C Bermudes Ribierio de la Cruz
* "The Role of Tertiary Institutions in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic" - Cal Volks
Kyle D Kauffman is an Associate Professor of Critical Thought and of Economics at Wellesley College, and a Research Fellow at the W E B duBois Institute at Harvard University. He has been affiliated with the London School of Economics and the Department of Political Science at the University of Cape Town. His research interests include the role of institutions in long-run economic development, and he has examined such issues in Africa, Europe and the US.
David L Lindauer is Professor of Economics at Wellesley College. He has also served as Faculty Associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development and as Consultant to the World Bank. Prof Lindauer's research concerns labour markets in developing countries, and he has worked throughout East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
"AIDS in South Africa" retails for approximately R190-00 and is available at leading bookstores. For more details, contact the publishers at:
Tel: 27 11 325 5220
Fax: 27 11 325 5225 |
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