Carolyn Baylies

Carolyn Louise Baylies (2 June 1947 – 1 November 2003), was an American academic and activist. She was particularly active in the fields of health and sociology of the third world and international development, and especially on the gendered aspects of development. Baylies was particularly notable for her work on the ways in which the AIDS epidemic threatened existing social structures and food security, a connection which she was one of the first to make.

Early life Baylies was born in Texas and grew up in California.

Baylies was married to fellow University of Leeds academic, Dr. Morris Szeftel, with whom she coauthored the book The Dynamics of the One-Party State in Zambia, published in 1984. Baylies and Szeftel had two children.

Baylies died from cancer on 1 November 2003.

Books Baylies, C., Gertzel, C. and Szeftel. M. 1984. The Dynamics of the One-Party State in Zambia, Manchester: Manchester University Press Baylies, C. 1993. The History of the Yorkshire Miners 1881–1918, London: Routledge

Chapters in edited books Baylies, C. 1985. "The state and class in post-colonial Africa", in M. Zeitlin (ed.) Political Power and Social Theory, 5, Connecticut: JAI Press, 1–34 Baylies, C. and Bujra, J. 'Discourses of power and empowerment in the fight against AIDS in Africa", in P Aggleton, P Davies and G Hart (eds.), AIDS Safety, Sexuality and Risk, London: Taylor & Francis, 140–222 Baylies, C. 1996. "Diversity in patterns of parenting and household formation", in E Silva (ed.), Good Enough Mothering?, London: Routledge, 119–148 Baylies, C., Bujra, J. et al. 1997. "Rebels at risk: young women and the shadow of AIDS", in C Becker, J-P Dozon, C Obbo and M Toure (eds.), Experiencing and Understanding AIDS in Africa, Dakar and Paris: Codesria/ Editions Karthala/ IRD, 319–341 Baylies, C and Bujra, J. 1998. "Solidarity and stress: gender and local mobilization in Tanzania and Zambia", in P Aggleton, G Hart & P Davies (eds.), Families and Communities responding to AIDS, London: UCL Press, 35–52 Baylies, C and Szeftel, M. 1999 'Democratization and the 1991 elections in Zambia", in J Daniel, R Southall and M Szeftel (eds.), Voting for Democracy: Watershed Elections in Contemporary Anglophone Africa, Aldershot: Ashgate, 83–109

Journal articles Baylies, C. 1978. "Zambia: Class formation and détente', Review of African Political Economy, 9: 4-26 Baylies, C. 1979. "The emergence of indigenous capitalist agriculture in Zambia', Rural Africana, 4,5:65-81 Baylies, C. 1980. "Imperialism and settler capital: friends or foes?', Review of African Political Economy, 18:116-26 Baylies, C. and Szeftel, M 1982 'The rise of a Zambian capitalist class in the 1970s", Journal of Southern African Studies, 8,2:187-213 Baylies, C. 1982. "Zambia's economic reforms and their aftermath: the state and the growth of indigenous capital", Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, XX,3:235-63 Baylies, C. 1986. "The meaning of health in Africa', Review of African Political Economy, 36:62-73 Baylies, C. and Szeftel, M. 1992. "The fall and rise of multi-party politics in Zambia", Review of African Political Economy, 54:75-91 Baylies, C. and Wright, C. 1993. "Female labour in the clothing and textile industry in Lesotho', African Affairs, 92,369:577-591 Baylies, C. 1995 'Political conditionality and democratisation", Review of African Political Economy, 22, 65: 321–337 Baylies, C. and Szeftel, M. 1997. "The 1996 Zambian elections: still awaiting democratic consolidation?", Review of African Political Economy, 24, 71: 113–128 Baylies, C. and Bujra, J. 1997. "Social science research on AIDS in Africa - questions of content, methodology and ethics", Review of African Political Economy, 24, 73: 280–288 Baylies, C. 1999. "International partnership in the fight against AIDS: addressing need and redressing injustice?", Review of African Political Economy, 26, 81: 387–394 Baylies, C. 2000. "The impact of HIV on family size preference in Zambia", 'Reproductive Health Matters, 8, 15: 77–86

Editorials Baylies, C., Allen, C. and Szeftel M. 1982 'Surviving Democracy?", Review of Africal Political Economy, editorial, 54:3-10 Baylies, C. and Bujra, J, 1993. "Challenging gender inequalities in Africa", Review of African Political Economy, editorial, 56: 3–10