Wealth, health, and democracy in East Asia and Latin America /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGuire, James W. (James William)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Infants > Mortality > East Asia.
Infants > Mortality > Latin America.
Nourrissons > Mortalité > Amérique latine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
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:
  • Incomes, capabilities, and mortality decline
  • Democracy, spending, services, and survival
  • Costa Rica : a healthy democracy
  • Chile : the Pinochet paradox
  • Argentina : big welfare state, slow infant mortality decline
  • Brazil : from laggard to leader in basic health service provision
  • Taiwan : from poor but healthy to wealthy and healthy
  • South Korea : small welfare state, fast infant mortality decline
  • Thailand : democratization speeds infant mortality decline
  • Indonesia : authoritarianism slows infant mortality decline
  • Wealth, health, democracy, and mortality.

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