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A Fraught Embrace is both an important piece of transnational public sociology and one of the most important works in cultural sociology to have been published in a long while.---Iddo Tavory, European Journal of Sociology One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 - Africa / Malawi

Honorable Mention for the 2018 Outstanding Published Book Award, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association Few books can claim to address a social problem involving billions of dollars with millions of lives hanging in the balance, but Swidler and Watkins's A Fraught Embrace does just that. Dissecting the role of foreign altruists and local brokers in aid efforts to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa generally, and Malawi more specifically, this book makes a compelling sociological contribution to the study of foreign aid--a field of research more often reserved for economists and international development studies scholars. ---Liam Swiss, American Journal of Sociology A Fraught Embrace is both an important piece of transnational public sociology and one of the most important works in cultural sociology to have been published in a long while. ---Iddo Tavory, European Journal of Sociology Winner of the 2018 Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 - Africa / Malawi [A]n extremely readable and deeply informative exploration of the international AIDS enterprise, essential reading for anyone interested in AIDS and the larger machinations of the international development system. --Rachael Bonawitz, African Studies Review This splendid account of development aid explores how reality confronts donors' dreams of effective altruism and recipients' dreams of a better life. Swidler and Watkins show how a combination of ignorance, incomprehension, and conflicting aims brews the 'working misunderstandings' behind an enterprise that suits everyone yet fails to meet its nominal purpose. --Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economics Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins provide a scathing, often funny, and always compassionate look at donor-sponsored AIDS prevention programs in Malawi. --Kristin Harper, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science

Winner of the 2018 Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association This splendid account of development aid explores how reality confronts donors' dreams of effective altruism and recipients' dreams of a better life. Swidler and Watkins show how a combination of ignorance, incomprehension, and conflicting aims brews the 'working misunderstandings' behind an enterprise that suits everyone yet fails to meet its nominal purpose. --Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economics Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins provide a scathing, often funny, and always compassionate look at donor-sponsored AIDS prevention programs in Malawi. --Kristin Harper, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science [A] superb book. --Daniel Jordan Smith, Population and Development Review [A]n extremely readable and deeply informative exploration of the international AIDS enterprise, essential reading for anyone interested in AIDS and the larger machinations of the international development system. --Rachel Bonawitz, African Studies Review A Fraught Embrace is both an important piece of transnational public sociology and one of the most important works in cultural sociology to have been published in a long while.---Iddo Tavory, European Journal of Sociology One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 - Africa / Malawi

Winner of the 2018 Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association Few books can claim to address a social problem involving billions of dollars with millions of lives hanging in the balance, but Swidler and Watkins's A Fraught Embrace does just that. Dissecting the role of foreign altruists and local brokers in aid efforts to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa generally, and Malawi more specifically, this book makes a compelling sociological contribution to the study of foreign aid-a field of research more often reserved for economists and international development studies scholars. ---Liam Swiss, American Journal of Sociology A Fraught Embrace is both an important piece of transnational public sociology and one of the most important works in cultural sociology to have been published in a long while. ---Iddo Tavory, European Journal of Sociology Finalist for the 2018 Melville J. Herskovits Prize, African Studies Association One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 - Africa / Malawi Honorable Mention for the 2018 Outstanding Published Book Award, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association

[A]n extremely readable and deeply informative exploration of the international AIDS enterprise, essential reading for anyone interested in AIDS and the larger machinations of the international development system. --Rachael Bonawitz, African Studies Review This splendid account of development aid explores how reality confronts donors' dreams of effective altruism and recipients' dreams of a better life. Swidler and Watkins show how a combination of ignorance, incomprehension, and conflicting aims brews the 'working misunderstandings' behind an enterprise that suits everyone yet fails to meet its nominal purpose. --Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economics Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins provide a scathing, often funny, and always compassionate look at donor-sponsored AIDS prevention programs in Malawi. --Kristin Harper, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science Finalist for the 2018 Melville J. Herskovits Prize, African Studies Association Honorable Mention for the 2018 Outstanding Published Book Award, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association Few books can claim to address a social problem involving billions of dollars with millions of lives hanging in the balance, but Swidler and Watkins's A Fraught Embrace does just that. Dissecting the role of foreign altruists and local brokers in aid efforts to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa generally, and Malawi more specifically, this book makes a compelling sociological contribution to the study of foreign aid--a field of research more often reserved for economists and international development studies scholars. ---Liam Swiss, American Journal of Sociology A Fraught Embrace is both an important piece of transnational public sociology and one of the most important works in cultural sociology to have been published in a long while. ---Iddo Tavory, European Journal of Sociology Winner of the 2018 Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 - Africa / Malawi

This splendid account of development aid explores how reality confronts donors' dreams of effective altruism and recipients' dreams of a better life. Swidler and Watkins show how a combination of ignorance, incomprehension, and conflicting aims brews the 'working misunderstandings' behind an enterprise that suits everyone yet fails to meet its nominal purpose. --Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economics Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins provide a scathing, often funny, and always compassionate look at donor-sponsored AIDS prevention programs in Malawi. --Kristin Harper, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science [A] superb book. --Daniel Jordan Smith, Population and Development Review [A]n extremely readable and deeply informative exploration of the international AIDS enterprise, essential reading for anyone interested in AIDS and the larger machinations of the international development system. --Rachel Bonawitz, African Studies Review A Fraught Embrace is both an important piece of transnational public sociology and one of the most important works in cultural sociology to have been published in a long while.---Iddo Tavory, European Journal of Sociology One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 - Africa / Malawi

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Ann Swidler is Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. Susan Cotts Watkins is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and a visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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