HIV/ AIDS and the threat to national and international security / edited by Robert L. Ostergard, Jr.

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

xiv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Politics and AIDS in Africa : research agendas in political science and international relations / Catherine Boone and Jake Batsell -- Human security, national security, and epidemic disease / Susan Peterson -- HIV/AIDS, state capacity, and the threat to national and international security : a theoretical overview / Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. -- HIV/AIDS, the military, and the changing landscape of Africa's security / Stefan Elbe and Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. -- Linking HIV to peacekeepers / Preeti Patel and Paolo Tripodi -- HIV/AIDS in the context of poverty : Africa's deadly predicament / Nana K. Poku and Bjorg Sandkjaer -- International institutions, intellectual property, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic / Susan K. Sell -- Challenging global norms : the state, social costs, and legal action / Christopher May -- HIV/AIDS and democratic legitimacy and stability in Africa / Jeremy Youde -- Dynamics of HIV/AIDS in China and India : assessing governmental response / Robert Compton -- The decay of state capacity : HIV/AIDS and South Africa's national security / Andrew T. Price-Smith, Matthew Tubin, and Robert L. Ostergard, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.