Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.

Generations of HIV/AIDS, orphanhood, and intervention. A generation of HIV/AIDS in Uganda -- Orphanhood and the conundrum of humanitarian intervention -- Beyond checking the "voice" box: children's rights and participation in development and research. Children's rights: participation, protectionism, and citizenship -- Getting children's perspectives: a child- and youth-centered participatory approach -- Orphanhood in the age of HIV and AIDS. Orphanhood, poverty, and the post-ARV generation -- Suffering, silence, and status: the lived experience of orphanhood -- Blood binds: the transformation of kinship and the politics of adoption. Orphanhood and the transformation of kinship, fosterage, and children's circulation strategies -- Orphanhood and the politics of adoption in Uganda -- Conclusion. HIV/AIDS policy, "orphan addiction," and the next generation.