H - 1.5 -> 1.8 Flashcards
1
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4 key factors determining health levels
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- Food
- Safe water
- Proper sanitation
- Healthcare
2
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deprivation
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- A reduction of any, if not all of these
- Poverty symptoms combinate to create health risks
- These could lead to death / lower LE
3
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Societal Access:
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- Polarised - very rich and very poor
- Better off lifestyle carries risks – e.g. obesity, smoking, alcoholism, heart disease
4
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UK North-South Split
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- Highest in Dorset – 82/men, 86/women
- Shortest in Glasgow – 72/men, 78/women
- LE gradually increasing, but more for men, because of less physically demanding jobs
South east men 80.4, northeast men 78
5
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Link to economic prosperity
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- higher access to higher quality healthcare
- higher disposable income = wellbeing activities more accessible
- healthcare infrastructure better as a nation
- better information and stronger health standards
- lower pollution/ green
6
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welfare state:
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- state led
- funded by tax
- focused on social welfare
- equality of opportunity
- redistribution of wealth
7
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totalitarianism:
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- centralised
- dictatorial
- complete subsidence
8
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Role of governments
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Their decisions can prioritise :
- economic development - economic policies
- human development - education, healthcare
- environmental wellbeing
9
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Role of social progress
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- Thinks about economic structure, political structure, social structure
- Aim: meet basic human needs, and create opportunities
- Social enterprise can be faster, i.e. profit-orientated businesses
10
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in a welfare state:
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- The wellbeing of all citizens is regarded as a priority and spending on health care and education is high
- Taxes have to be high to covert it, or income from manufactured goods must be very good
11
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Venezuela
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- Currently protesting because of lack o poverty, destitution, starvation, suffering and ideological slavery
- Pres. Hugo Chavez set up this system, but his successor have deployed security forces
- Huge reliance of oil / petrodollars to pay – high value in 2008 ($150/barrel), whilst today is $45
- Leaders involved in international drug trafficking
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General Pinochet (1973-1990) - Dictatorial free-trade
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- General Pinochet’s Chicago Boys – wanted a laissez-faire, free market economy
- Import tariffs were slashed from
- Poverty rates dropped from 40% to 10%
- linked up with Milton friedman
13
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Deregulation of financial markets:
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- The World Bank provided money for loans and unpaid debt, on one condition…
- (Latin American) governments were forced to continue reforms that favoured free-market capitalism
14
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1970s - Privatisation
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- Companies, particularly copper mines were reprivatized
- Competition was allowed, and continued unchecked until the economy was dominated by a few conglomerates, which could reduce competition!
15
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Global Recession and Latin American Debt Crisis
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- Money was borrowed from the IMF and World Bank
- Then oil prices surged in 1970s countries debt shot up – they required more money in order to repay , as exchange rate deteriorated in comparison to US dollar = huge owes of national currencies.
- also contraction of world trade meant Dutch disease
- in combination with interest rates going up due to global recession, meaning huge repayment sum, which led to collapse of economy
- inflation spiked across the continent and real wages dropped from 20-40%
- Unemployment rose to 30% - poverty rose to 45%
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An experiment with Socialism President Michelle Bachelet (2014-2018)
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- Price of copper started to fall in 2014
- Labour union were strengthened
- Businesses became nervous and investment contracted
