The social construction of AIDS issues
In: A Sociological View of AIDS Ser.
Intro -- Contents -- 1 The Social Construction of AIDS Issue and Its Significance -- 1.1 Why AIDS Becomes an "Issue"? -- 1.1.1 Conflicting Conceptions on AIDS and Its Social and Cultural Significance -- 1.1.2 The Game Behind the "Highest Political Positioning" -- 1.1.3 "AIDS Issue": A Symbol of Social Restructuring in China -- 1.1.4 Prospects for Solving the Problem: Promoting the Process of Social Restructuring in China -- 1.2 Fear of AIDS: The Ultimate Weapon Against the Sexual Morality -- 1.2.1 Illnesses Are Always Reduced to Political Tools -- 1.2.2 Panic is Bound to Aggravate the Spread -- 1.2.3 Argument Against Our Present Understandings of AIDS Patients -- 1.2.4 The Proper Understanding -- 1.2.5 The Social Significance of the Fight Against AIDS: A Responsibility for the Lives of Citizens -- 1.3 The Values of AIDS Prevention and Control in China -- 1.3.1 Political Values: From "Defense" to "Taking Responsibility" and then to "Rights Protection" -- 1.3.2 Social Concepts: From "Departmental Cooperation" to "Social Mobilization" and then to "Community as the Main Body" -- 1.3.3 Cultural Concepts: From "High-Risk Groups" to "De-stigamatization" and then to "Individual Rights Assertion" -- 1.3.4 Life Notions: From "Keep Your Integrity" to "Participate in the Society" and then to "Take Civic Responsibility" -- 1.3.5 Core Concepts: From "National Salvation" to "Health" and then to "Happiness" -- 2 The Cause of AIDS Prevention and Control-A Romance of the Three Kingdoms -- 2.1 Bi-Directional Conflict of Action Logic: Tripartite Construction of AIDS Patients' Orientation Towards the Response -- 2.1.1 Why Do Infected People React Negatively? -- 2.1.2 Self-Positioning of Infected Persons and the Conflict of Their Action Logic -- 2.1.3 Different Action Logic Between Policy Makers and Infected People.