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James W. McGuire - Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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

Av James W. McGuire

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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 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.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2010-03-15
  • Mått: 24 x 234 x 156 mm
  • Vikt: 770 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 426
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521515467
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James W. McGuire is a professor in the Department of Government at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. He specializes in comparative politics with a regional focus on Latin America and East Asia and a topical focus on democracy and public health. He is the author of Peronism without Perón: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina and is a recipient of Wesleyan's Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

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“McGuire demonstrates that democracies are better at providing ‘good health at low cost’ than are less-free political systems. His thorough work also puts the capstone on a large and consistent body of research showing that a population need not be rich to be healthy.” – Health Affairs

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