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This Element explores the association between political democracy and population health. It reviews the rise of scholarly interest in the association, evaluates

Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death? Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America finds that

The U.S. does not have a health system. Instead we have market for health-related goods and services, a market in which the few profit from the public’s ill-h

Long infamous for its severe inequality, infant mortality, and clientelist politics, Brazil in the late 20th and early 21st centuries improved the health and we

How do policy and politics influence the social conditions that generate health outcomes? Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, a