Civic Insecurity: Law, Order and HIV in Papua New Guinea (State, Society and Governance in Melanesia) - Softcover

Luker, Vicki; Dinnnen, Sinclair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1921666609 ISBN 13: 9781921666605

Publisher: ANU E Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: ANU E Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1921666609
• ISBN 13: 9781921666605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356