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The deadly ideas of neoliberalism : how the IMF has undermined public health and the fight against AIDS / Rick Rowden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowden, Rick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Prevention--Finance--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Neoliberalism--Economic aspects.
- Neoliberalism.
- International Monetary Fund.
- AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Finance--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
- Public health--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
- Public health.
- Economic assistance--Developing countries.
- Economic assistance.
- Public health--Economic aspects.
- AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Finance.
- AIDS (Disease)--Prevention--Finance.
- AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 243 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Zed Books, 2009.
- Summary:
- The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism explores the history of and current collision between two major phenomena of the last thirty years: the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases of poverty and the ascendancy of neoliberal economics. The book-explains not only how IMF policies of restrictive spending have exacerbated public health problems in developing countries, in particular the HIV/AIDS crisis, but also how those problems cannot be resolved under such policies.
- In stark, powerful terms, Rowden offers a unique, in-depth critique of the political economy of global foreign aid and health institutions.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Emergence of HIV/AIDS and the Global Response
- 1 The History of Global Funding to Fight HIV/AIDS
- 2 The Impact of the AIDS Response on Public Health Systems
- 3 The Shortage of Health Care Workers and the 'Brain Drain' Problem
- 4 The Debate Over 'Vertical' vs. 'Horizontal' Donor Aid
- 5 Different Types of Health Systems, Different Types of Financing
- Part 2 The Neoliberal Development Model
- 6 The Reagan Revolution, Structural Adjustment and The Washington Consensus
- 7 Neoliberal Theory and its Policies
- 8 The Consequences for Development
- Part 3 Consequences for Health
- 9 The Demise of Public Health & Rise of Neoliberalism
- 10 The Consequences for Health
- 11 30 Years Later: Coming Full Circle:Rediscovering Public Health
- 12 The IMF: Blocking Progress on Public Health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781848132856
- 1848132859
- 9781848132849
- 1848132840
- 9781848132863
- 1848132867
- OCLC:
- 457548311
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