Coalitions of the Well-Being: How Electoral Rules and Ethnic Politics Shape Health Policy in Developing Countries

ISBN-13: 9781107501225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 308 str.

Joel Sawat Selway

Opis

This book shows that the design of electoral rules shapes how political leaders make health policies in response to social forces.

Recenzje

'This is a pathbreaking study. In terms of theory, the book goes well beyond arguments that democracy is best suited to provide public goods. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, Selway argues for a more fine-grained analysis in which the benefits of different electoral rules - proportional representation vs. majoritarianism - vary with countries' sociological and spatial characteristics. Substantively, the study helps to explain why countries vary in such key development areas as public health policy. Finally, built largely on a series of carefully selected and closely examined comparative cases, the book demonstrates the benefits of well-designed qualitative analysis.' Richard F. Doner, Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Part I. Electoral Rules, Ethnicity, and Health in Developing Countries: 1. Ethnic diversity or institutions? The source of public goods underprovision; 2. Background and definitions; 3. A socio-institutional theory of public goods provision; 4. Testing the theory: health and education outcomes in developing democracies; Part II. Electoral Rules and Health in Low Ethnic-Salience Countries: 5. Thailand: a new constitution and the introduction of universal healthcare; 6. Single-member districts and medium-sized majority groups: Botswana and New Zealand; Part III. Electoral Rules and Health in High Ethnic-Salience, Ethno-Geographically Intermixing Countries: 7. Mauritius: diversity and the success of majoritarian electoral rules; 8. Malaysia: single-member districts, multi-ethnic parties and health; Part IV. Electoral Rules in High Ethnic-Salience, Ethno-Geographically Isolated Countries: 9. Electoral rules and multiethnic parties in Burma's democratic era (1948–62); 10. Indonesia as a solution for ethno-geographically isolated societies; Part V. Conclusion: 11. Conclusion; References; Index.