Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America.

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James W. McGuire explores why some East Asian and Latin American societies have done better than others at raising life expectancy and reducing infant mortality.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGuire, James W. (James William)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Infants > Mortality > East Asia.
Infants > Mortality > Latin America.
Nourrissons > Mortalité > Amérique latine.
Economic policy
Infants > Mortality
Social policy
East Asia > Social policy.
East Asia > Economic policy.
Latin America > Social policy.
Latin America > Economic policy.
Amérique latine > Politique sociale.
Amérique latine > Politique économique.
East Asia
Latin America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 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 Decline11 Wealth, Health, Democracy, and mortality; Works cited; Untitled; Index.

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