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- Title
The Response to HIV/AIDS and the Construction of National Legitimacy: Lessons from Uganda.
- Authors
Parkhurst, Justin O.
- Abstract
Uganda faces continual challenges as a low-income nation reliant on international donors and non-state actors. It was also one of the first countries to face a population-wide HIV epidemic, a disease that can strain state capacity to its limits. One would expect that such a combination would weaken the governance structures in a developing country; yet, if anything, the Ugandan state has emerged from its HIV crisis with its legitimacy bolstered. This article reviews the Ugandan response to HIV/AIDS, analysing the ways in which the epidemic has provided a new arena for the Ugandan state to engage with international actors.
- Subjects
UGANDA; UGANDAN politics &; government; LEGITIMACY of governments; HEALTH policy; AIDS; HIV infections
- Publication
Development & Change, 2005, Vol 36, Issue 3, p571
- ISSN
0012-155X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0012-155X.2005.00424.x