Politics of Children's Survival

Name: Politics of Children's Survival
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ISBN: 9780275937232

ISBN-10: 0275937232

ISBN-13: 9780275937232

Edition: 1991

Authors: George Kent

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The central concern of this pioneering study is the high rate of child mortality worldwide and the prospects for its reduction. Taking as his major focus socioeconomic factors and their effect on children's survival, George Kent asks not only what technical interventions might be undertaken within meager health budgets, but also why are those budgets so inadequate? He examines the social and political roots of child mortality around the world and finds that the problem arises from widespread powerlessness in the populations of less developed countries. Thus, he argues, remedies should center on strategies of empowerment, designed in such a way that their benefits persist long after the…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 11/30/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

George Kent is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i, and author of The Politics of Children's Survival and Children in the International Political Economy .



Preface


Patterns of Mortality Individual Factors Household Factors


The Child Survival and Development Movement Criticism of Child Survival Programs Food Poverty War Repression


Population Alternative Social Systems Should Children be Treated as Human Capital? Motivating


The Powerful Children's Survival and Community Development Localized Multiparty Planning Laws and Institutions


Selected References


Index