James W. McGuire,
James W. (Professor, Department of Government, Wesleyan University, Connecticut) McGuire
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2010
9780521515467
Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America
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Gebonden, 426 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9780521515467
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Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death? Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America finds that the public provision of basic health care and other inexpensive social services has reduced mortality rapidly even in tough economic circumstances, and that political democracy has contributed to the provision and utilization of such social services, in a wider range of ways than is sometimes recognized. These conclusions are based on case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, as well as on cross-national comparisons involving these cases and others.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521515467
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:426
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Inhoudsopgave
1. Incomes, capabilities, and mortality decline; 2. Democracy, spending, services, and survival; 3. Costa Rica: a healthy democracy; 4. Chile: the pinochet paradox; 5. Argentina: big welfare state, slow infant mortality decline; 6. Brazil: from laggard to leader in basic health service provision; 7. Taiwan: from poor but healthy to wealthy and healthy; 8. South Korea: small welfare state, fast infant mortality decline; 9. Thailand: democratization speeds infant mortality decline; 10. Indonesia: authoritarianism slows infant mortality decline; 11. Wealth, health, democracy, and mortality.