The political cost of AIDS in Africa

the long version

"The Political Cost of AIDS in Africa provides comprehensive empirical evidence of the impact HIV/AIDS is having on politics and the electoral process. The latest publication to come out of an extensive study by democracy institute Idasa and its research partners, this book reveals that the fledgling multi-party democracies in parts of the continent are being undermined by sickness, incapacity and premature deaths among elected leaders as well as within the electorate." "The book suggests innovative and holistic responses to address these phenomena." "The publication, a culmination of three years of exploratory studies by African researchers working under the auspices of Idasa, demonstrates how AIDS is interwoven with the continent's ambitions for deepening democracy."--Jacket.