Public Health and Cold War Politics in Asia

Public Health and Cold War Politics in Asia
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 9781000953947
ISBN-13 : 1000953947
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Book Synopsis Public Health and Cold War Politics in Asia by : Liping Bu

Download or read book Public Health and Cold War Politics in Asia written by Liping Bu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bu and her contributors illustrate the complexity of tensions and negotiations in the development of different types of public health systems in Asia during the early Cold War. Competing models of development with different political ideologies and economic enterprises increasingly influenced Asian countries in their efforts to build modern nations after World War II. Looking at examples from China, Japan, South and North Korea, India, and Indonesia, the contributors to this volume look at how a range of Asian countries handled this postcolonial challenge. Health became a pivotal area that sustained the political discourse of differentiating one type of society from the other and promoting each system’s advantages over the other’s during the Cold War. Central to the discourse of a just society and the well-being of citizens was the promotion of public health and welfare for the people. The right to health was considered a fundamental human right as well as an essential social justice. A healthy population was also a prerequisite for national economic prosperity. Public health in postwar Asia was, therefore, a sociopolitical matter as well as a concern for the well-being of individuals. The health of the people demonstrated the advancement of a nation and provided the insurance for economic productivity and national prosperity. An essential read for historians and policymakers of public health and historians of Asia during the Cold War.


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