Perry N. Halkitis
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199944972
- eISBN:
- 9780199352470
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199944972.003.0006
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
This chapter examines the life perspectives of long-term HIV/AIDS survivors in our battle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic over the last 30 years. It examines how certain behaviors and coping strategies ...
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This chapter examines the life perspectives of long-term HIV/AIDS survivors in our battle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic over the last 30 years. It examines how certain behaviors and coping strategies may be demonstrative of resilience among those living and surviving with HIV/AIDS. Drawing upon the data gathered here—specifically, the reactions and strategies described in the previous chapters—this chapter will synthesize these ideas and examine how these strategies for survival can be understood in relation to paradigm of health resilience. In addition, the strategies explored will be considered in relation to how they potentially expand our understanding of health resilience. This synthesis then is considered in relation to working with all those, including the newly diagnosed with HIV, as well as other chronic health conditions.Less
This chapter examines the life perspectives of long-term HIV/AIDS survivors in our battle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic over the last 30 years. It examines how certain behaviors and coping strategies may be demonstrative of resilience among those living and surviving with HIV/AIDS. Drawing upon the data gathered here—specifically, the reactions and strategies described in the previous chapters—this chapter will synthesize these ideas and examine how these strategies for survival can be understood in relation to paradigm of health resilience. In addition, the strategies explored will be considered in relation to how they potentially expand our understanding of health resilience. This synthesis then is considered in relation to working with all those, including the newly diagnosed with HIV, as well as other chronic health conditions.
Frank Fischer
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- July 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199594917
- eISBN:
- 9780191842108
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199594917.003.0010
- Subject:
- Political Science, Environmental Politics
After having explored various locally oriented projects in participatory governance that present practical alternatives to the theory of deliberative democracy, this chapter examines the democratic ...
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After having explored various locally oriented projects in participatory governance that present practical alternatives to the theory of deliberative democracy, this chapter examines the democratic participatory potentials and realities of other local initiatives. It looks at the participatory activities of cities, including large cities, with a particular focus on the role for citizens in programs designed for adaptive responses to the consequences of climate change. Sponsored by city officials, these participatory initiatives are seen to be largely top-down in nature and not generally democratic per se. We then turn to the Transition Town movement, often cited by environmentalists as a progressive ecological alternative founded on citizen engagement. The participatory activities of this movement, while ecologically credible, are shown not to be geared to the furtherance of democratic practices. One main reason has to do with its emphasis on the theory of resilience, which ignores the political questions raised by ecological transition.Less
After having explored various locally oriented projects in participatory governance that present practical alternatives to the theory of deliberative democracy, this chapter examines the democratic participatory potentials and realities of other local initiatives. It looks at the participatory activities of cities, including large cities, with a particular focus on the role for citizens in programs designed for adaptive responses to the consequences of climate change. Sponsored by city officials, these participatory initiatives are seen to be largely top-down in nature and not generally democratic per se. We then turn to the Transition Town movement, often cited by environmentalists as a progressive ecological alternative founded on citizen engagement. The participatory activities of this movement, while ecologically credible, are shown not to be geared to the furtherance of democratic practices. One main reason has to do with its emphasis on the theory of resilience, which ignores the political questions raised by ecological transition.
