ABSTRACT

Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public policy action more broadly in contemporary Africa.

By applying comparative political sociology to AIDS public action, this book identifies four political models that are applicable to public initiatives. Fred Eboko goes on to test these in other domains – namely, the malaria and tuberculosis health subsectors, and the education and environment sectors. By articulating global and national connections and contributing a critical perspective grounded in African scholarship and French political science, the author builds a bold and ambitious framework with the potential to enable coherent and effective public policy action in Africa.

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of public health, global health, political science, and development studies, as well as policy-level practitioners in the areas of global health and development.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

From intimacy to politics: AIDS in Africa as a moving object

chapter 1|33 pages

The international policy response to AIDS in Africa (1986–1996)

Empirical bases, theoretical tools

chapter 2|32 pages

AIDS and governance in Africa

Instruments and instrumentalisation of an international policy

chapter 3|15 pages

International comparisons in Africa

Socio-political determinants of access to AIDS drugs

chapter 4|18 pages

Socio-political determinants of access to AIDS drugs in Africa

A paradigm shift

chapter 5|18 pages

From policies to politics

Policy before the onslaught of politics

chapter 6|37 pages

Towards a matrix of public action in Africa

Univocal normativity and plural interests

chapter 7|13 pages

Conclusion

The return of the African State?