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This volume provides an overview of social science research approaches, methodologies and theories in the area of AIDS research. Topics covered include: the shaping of social representations of AIDS; public attitudes towards AIDS; theoretical problems specific to AIDS management; the organization of self-help services; changes in sexual behaviour and research into sexuality. AIDS: A Problem for Sociological Research will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the social, cultural and political analysis of AIDS.

Examines the history of French and German organizations that oppose the development of nuclear power and depicts the responses of governments to these movements