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The quality of life that a person leads depends critically on where she leads it. Even taking into account levels of economic development, the chances of an individual surviving through infancy, growing up literate, or living a healthy, long life vary dramatically across regions of the world, in different countries, and even within the same country. What are the causes of such variation in wellbeing? This is a question of urgent relevance. Even today, millions of children die annually from malnourishment and vaccine-preventable diseases, and over one-fifth of the total world population cannot read or write. Moreover, it is now acknowledged that expanding human capabilities trumps capital accumulation as a driver of economic growth.This question of variation in social welfare regimes and outcomes has so far been predominantly studied with a national unit of analysis. There are thus prominent national-level theories to explain differences in social welfare policies and outcomes. An influential strand within this body of scholarship emphasizes the significance of political regime type. Until recently, there appeared to be scholarly consensus that democracies instituted a more progress

Author

Prerna Singh

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781108678384

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences