Civic Insecurity: Law, Order and HIV in Papua New Guinea

Civic Insecurity: Law, Order and HIV in Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea has a complex 'law and order' problem and an entrenched epidemic of HIV. This book explores their interaction. It also probes their joint challenges and opportunities-most fundamentally for civic security, a condition that could offersome immunity to both. This book is a v...

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Main Author: Luker, Vicki (auth)
Other Authors: Dinnen, Sinclair (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2010
Series:Studies in State and Society in the Pacific 6
Subjects:
Politics & government
Law & society
politics and goverment
law enforcement
social conditions
papua new guinea
aids
crime
hiv infections
Condom
HIV/AIDS
Portable Network Graphics
Prostitution
Rape
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Summary:Papua New Guinea has a complex 'law and order' problem and an entrenched epidemic of HIV. This book explores their interaction. It also probes their joint challenges and opportunities-most fundamentally for civic security, a condition that could offersome immunity to both. This book is a valuable and timely contribution to a limited but growing body of scholarship in the social and structural contexts of HIV epidemiology in Papua New Guinea. The volume offers a unique collection of interdisciplinary insights on the connections between law and order and the HIV epidemic and is presented in a manner accessible to a wide audience, scholars and lay people alike... Significantly, this is the first volume to critically examine the complex and inexorable links between HIV, gender, violence, and security within a theoretical framework thv at illuminates the challenges of the epidemic for PNG's future cohesion and stability as a young nation...The importance of this courageous book cannot be overstated. While it communicates an urgent and potent message about the need for immediate action ... it offers insightful reflections on the processes and possibilities of social transformation that undoubtedly will have enduring scholarly and practical value. Dr Katherine Lepani, Social Foundations of Medicine, The Australian National University.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (338 p.)
ISBN:OAPEN_458878
Access:Open Access

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