This study examines the correlation between Quality of Government indicators and healthcare-performance indicators. Quality of Government is measured using state legitimacy, rule of law and...Show moreThis study examines the correlation between Quality of Government indicators and healthcare-performance indicators. Quality of Government is measured using state legitimacy, rule of law and corruption. Healthcare-performance is measured using infant mortality, life expectancy and primary care. The effect of corruption has been researched on the subnational level and the effects of state legitimacy and rule of law have been linked to healthcare theoretically. However the relationship of Quality of Government on healthcare-performance remains understudied for the national level. This study hypothesizes that countries that have a high Quality of Government tend to have better healthcare-performance. Findings from time-series data between 2000 and 2017 from 35 countries out of the OECD and QoG OECD database, report that healthcare-performance is significantly higher in countries that score better on state legitimacy. Results also show that infant mortality is likely to be lower in countries that score high on rule of law and low on corruption. The result suggests an importance of state legitimacy for healthcare-performance.Show less
Research master thesis | Archaeology (research) (MA/MSc)
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Despite the fact that the PostClassic Mesoamerican codices display a striking amount of similarity, academic studies of the discipline typically separate the Central Mexican and Mixtec manuscripts...Show moreDespite the fact that the PostClassic Mesoamerican codices display a striking amount of similarity, academic studies of the discipline typically separate the Central Mexican and Mixtec manuscripts from those of the Maya, with the Maya receiving an epigraphic approach and the Mexican and Mixtec receiving an art historical approach. Many of these studies implicitly privilege phonetic writing systems, taking an evolutionary view of writing which devalues the pictographic. This privileging of the phonetic speaks to the more extensive devaluation of indigenous beliefs and practices on a wider scale. This thesis seeks to bridge the gap between the art historical and epigraphic by understanding the codices as products of the communities in which they were created, and thus fulfilling culturally-specific needs. Ritualized Discourse in the Mesoamerican Codices: An Inquiry into Epigraphic Practice accomplishes this through two case studies, one of which is based on the representation of the same subject matter, bloodletting, and one of which is based on the representation of the same linguistic practice, difrasismo. The results of the analysis indicate that while on a visual level the codices appear very different, on a phonological level there are many similarities in how they represent linguistic and phonetic elements. The Central Mexican and Maya codices in particular display a high degree of overlap, speaking to their shared scribal traditions. Approaching the codices as inventions designed to fulfill a purpose, interpretations of iconographic and phonetic elements are reached which speak to a pan-Mesoamerican experience of writing and highlight the benefits of alternative traditions of knowledge.Show less
