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Movement-driven development : the politics of health and democracy in Brazil /

Long infamous for its severe inequality, infant mortality, and clientelist politics, Brazil in the late 20th and early 21st centuries improved the health and well-being of its populace more than any large democracy. Christopher L. Gibson sheds light on the previously poorly understood cause of this...

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Main Author: Gibson, Christopher L. (Christopher Laurence) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Medical policy > Brazil.
Urban health > Brazil.
Public health > Brazil > Citizen participation.
Civil society > Brazil.
Social movements > Brazil.
Democracy > Brazil.
Municipal government > Brazil.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781503607811
150360781X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Subnational democratization of health
  • Pragmatist publics in urban Brazil
  • Sanitaristas and infant mortality reduction
  • Belo Horizonte
  • Porto Alegre
  • Curitiba
  • Fortaleza
  • Movement-driven development in comparative perspective.

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