Civic insecurity : law, order and HIV in Papua New Guinea / edited by Vicki Luker and Sinclair Dinnen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dinnen, Sinclair, author.

Contributor:

Luker, Vicki, editor.

Dinnen, Sinclair, editor.

State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, issuing body.

Series:

Studies in state and society in the Pacific ; no. 6.

Studies in state and society in the Pacific ; number 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Papua New Guinea.

AIDS (Disease).

AIDS (Disease)--Law and legislation--Papua New Guinea.

AIDS (Disease)--Papua New Guinea--Prevention.

HIV infections--Papua New Guinea.

HIV infections.

Law enforcement--Papua New Guinea.

Law enforcement.

Crime--Papua New Guinea.

Crime.

Papua New Guinea--Social conditions.

Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.

Papua New Guinea--Politics and government--1975-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Canberra : ANU E Press, [2010].

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

"State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program"--title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record and e-publication (viewed on July 4, 2019).

ISBN:

9781921666605

1921666609

9781921666612

1921666617

OCLC:

1163823857

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_458878