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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Disease and Democracy: Which Way does the Arrow of Causality Point in India? |
Author: | Mayer, P. |
Citation: | New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 2022; 24(1):65-90 |
Publisher: | The New Zealand Asian Studies Society |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 1174-8915 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Peter Mayer |
Abstract: | Political scientists and historians have identified many different antecedent conditions necessary for the emergence of democratic government. Thornhill, Fincher and Aran (2009) have proposed that a heavy historical burden of disease results in values and behaviours that favour authoritarian forms of government. In this paper I use historical evidence and statistical data from India to test whether the causal relationship between disease and democracy they propose is valid. The paper finds no direct connection between pre-Independence disease levels and the degree of democratic mobilisation. On the contrary, the causal arrow points from democratisation to better health. |
Keywords: | democracy; disease; inequality; social mobilisation; India; Kerala; health; human capital |
Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
Published version: | https://www.nzasia.org.nz/all-issues.html |
Appears in Collections: | Politics publications |
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