Subnational democratization of health -- Pragmatist publics in urban Brazil -- Sanitaristas and infant mortality reduction -- Belo Horizonte -- Porto Alegre -- Curitiba -- Fortaleza -- Movement-driven development in comparative perspective.
Summary
Long infamous for its severe inequality, infant mortality, and clientelist politics, Brazil in the late 20th and early 21st centuries improved the health and well-being of its populace more than any large democracy. Christopher L. Gibson sheds light on the previously poorly understood cause of this shift, arguing that it was due to a subnationally-rooted process driven by civil society actors, namely the Sanitarist Movement. Gibson improves our understanding of the political and social trajectory of Brazil and similar democracies today.
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