The nonprofit AIDS service system in Chicago serves gay men better
than it serves intravenous drug users. This inequity is related to differ
ences in power of the groups of actors involved. Recommendations are
made for the development of a nonprofit sector response to the second
wave of AIDS, which is characterized by increased infection among intra
venous drug users. Much can be gained in paying more attention to the
concept of power in the theory of the role of the nonprofit sector.
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