The Politics of Children's Survival

by George Kent

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275937232
• ISBN13: 9780275937232
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"