Coalitions of the Well-being - 9781107103047

Coalitions of the Well-beingHow Electoral Rules and Ethnic Politics Shape Health Policy in Developing Countries\nAuthor(s): Joel Sawat Selway\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107103047, 978-1107103047\nSynopsis\nWhy do some developing countries have more efficient health systems and better health outcomes? Contrary to existing theory that posits the superiority of proportional representation (PR) rules on public-goods provision, this book argues that electoral rules function differently given the underlying ethnic structure. In countries with low ethnic salience, PR has the same positive effect as in past theories. In countries with high ethnic salience, the geographic distribution of ethnic groups further matters: where they are intermixed, PR rules are worse for health outcomes; where they are isolated, neither rule is superior. The theory is supported through a combination of careful analysi.