Hakan Seckinelgin is a Lecturer in International Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science.  His research interests include international organizations, social policy, civil society and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

'This book provides a timely and highly engaging analysis of the crisis of HIV/AIDS and the politics of response. It will prove a valuable contribution to the ensuing debate about the role of global institutions in the struggle against the pandemic.' - Nana K. Poku, University of Bradford, UK'An eye opener on the actions and effects of international agencies some twenty years into the epidemic, this book is a 'must-read' volume for everyone working in the fields of international development and health.' - Peter Aggleton, University of London, UK

• 1. Governance of HIV/AIDS 1.1 Internationalization 1.2 'International Perspective' 1.3 Governance 1.4 Governance Context 2. Constructing Agency in the Time of an Epidemic 2.1 Institutionalization 2.2 Investigating the Institutionalization Mechanism Agency 2.3 NGOs and HIV/AIDS: A Question of Agency 2.4 Institutional Values I 2.5 Institutional Values II 2.6 Institutional Values III 2.7 Why Does this Matter? 2.8 Conclusion 3. Medicalization 3.1 Medicalization 3.2 Signs of Medicalization 3.3 A Magic Bullet: Treatment? 3.4 Research in Zambia 3.5 Implications and Questions 3.6 Magic Bullet Revisited 4. What do we Need to Know for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Africa? 4.1 How do we Think about This? 4.2 We Know What Works! 4.3 Tools: 4.4 Assumptions 4.5 People’s Experiences of our Knowledge 4.6 Social-Cultural Issues 4.7 Gender Issues 4.8 Socio-Economic Issues 4.9 Colliding Knowledge Domains 4.10 How do we Re-Think what we Know? 4.11 Implications of this Approach 4.12 Conclusion 5. Language as a Transformative Mechanism 5.1 Definitions and Actions 5.2 Civil Society-Definition or Description? 5.3 Civil Society-Description to Action? 5.4 Why does this Matter? 5.5 Conclusion: Time to Wake Up

Hakan Seckinelgin is a Lecturer in International Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science.  His research interests include international organizations, social policy, civil society and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

'This book provides a timely and highly engaging analysis of the crisis of HIV/AIDS and the politics of response. It will prove a valuable contribution to the ensuing debate about the role of global institutions in the struggle against the pandemic.' - Nana K. Poku, University of Bradford, UK'An eye opener on the actions and effects of international agencies some twenty years into the epidemic, this book is a 'must-read' volume for everyone working in the fields of international development and health.' - Peter Aggleton, University of London, UK

• 1. Governance of HIV/AIDS 1.1 Internationalization 1.2 'International Perspective' 1.3 Governance 1.4 Governance Context 2. Constructing Agency in the Time of an Epidemic 2.1 Institutionalization 2.2 Investigating the Institutionalization Mechanism Agency 2.3 NGOs and HIV/AIDS: A Question of Agency 2.4 Institutional Values I 2.5 Institutional Values II 2.6 Institutional Values III 2.7 Why Does this Matter? 2.8 Conclusion 3. Medicalization 3.1 Medicalization 3.2 Signs of Medicalization 3.3 A Magic Bullet: Treatment? 3.4 Research in Zambia 3.5 Implications and Questions 3.6 Magic Bullet Revisited 4. What do we Need to Know for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Africa? 4.1 How do we Think about This? 4.2 We Know What Works! 4.3 Tools: 4.4 Assumptions 4.5 People’s Experiences of our Knowledge 4.6 Social-Cultural Issues 4.7 Gender Issues 4.8 Socio-Economic Issues 4.9 Colliding Knowledge Domains 4.10 How do we Re-Think what we Know? 4.11 Implications of this Approach 4.12 Conclusion 5. Language as a Transformative Mechanism 5.1 Definitions and Actions 5.2 Civil Society-Definition or Description? 5.3 Civil Society-Description to Action? 5.4 Why does this Matter? 5.5 Conclusion: Time to Wake Up