Global Development, Populations' Health, and Democracy: Policy Recommendations

Barbara Wejnert

doi:10.1108/S0895-9935(2011)0000019015

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Research in Political Sociology

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Global Development, Populations' Health, and Democracy: Policy Recommendations

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Title:	Global Development, Populations' Health, and Democracy: Policy Recommendations
Author(s):	Barbara Wejnert
Volume:	19 Editor(s): Barbara Wejnert ISBN: 978-1-78052-238-8 eISBN: 978-1-78052-239-5
Citation:	Barbara Wejnert (2011), Global Development, Populations' Health, and Democracy: Policy Recommendations, in Barbara Wejnert (ed.) Democracies: Challenges to Societal Health (Research in Political Sociology, Volume 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.173-184
DOI:	10.1108/S0895-9935(2011)0000019015 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	Three important lessons can be drawn from the health situation in developing and democratizing world. First lesson is that the societal health does not occur in the vacuum of societal life or social structures, but it simultaneously inspires development of all major spheres of political, economic, and cultural life of society. Second, health policy transpires simultaneously in all major social institutions, including economy, political institutions, and culture. Furthermore, because all social institutions are interconnected, the initiation of health reforms causes enormous, multilevel changes in all social strata and affects the performance of all essential institutions. Third, according to the World Health Organization, health is considered an integral part of human security, human rights, and peace. Consequently, societal health is determined and depends on the fullest cooperation of governments, world-scale communities, and local health care providers.