| 1 | Why study the politics of AIDS? | 1 |
| 2 | The African state and the AIDS pandemic | 21 |
| 3 | Democratic transitions : a new opportunity to fight AIDS? | 59 |
| 4 | Civil society's influence on the politics of AIDS | 95 |
| 5 | External donors and political commitments | 131 |
| 6 | Beyond politics as usual : institutionalizing the AIDS struggle | 173 |