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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung McGuire explores why infant mortality has fallen faster in some countries than in others. A comparison of Argentina! Brazil! Chile! Costa Rica! Indonesia! South Korea! Taiwan! and Thailand! as well as an analysis of more than 100 countries! explores the claims that wealthier is healthier and that democracy promotes development. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
