International politics of HIV/AIDS : global disease - local pain Hakan Seckinelgin.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-186) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction ; History of globalised diseases -- 1. Governance of HIV/AIDS -- Internationalisation -- International perspective -- Governance -- Governance context -- 2. Constructing agency in the time of an epidemic -- Institutionalisation -- Agency -- NGOs and HIV/AIDS : a question of agency -- Why does this matter? -- Conclusion -- 3. Medicalisation -- Medicalisation -- Signs of medicalisation -- 4. What do we need to know for HIV/AIDS interventions in Africa? -- How do we think about this? -- We know what works! -- People's experiences of 'our knowledge' -- Colliding knowledge domains -- How do we rethink what we know? -- Implications of this approach -- Conclusion -- 5. Language as a transformative mechanism -- Definitions and actions -- Civil society - definition or description? -- Why does this matter? -- Conclusion : time to wake up -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.