Chapter Twenty-Two Health, Social Welfare, and Prison Reform

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XI
4. Part One The Background of the Democratic Revolution
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One Venezuela and Its People 10
7. Chapter Two The Forerunner of the Revolution, 1945 to 1948 22
8. Chapter Three The Pérez Jiménez Regime 37
9. Chapter Four The Provisional Regime 51
10. Chapter Five Objectives and Methods of the Revolution 62
11. Part Two The Politics of the Democratic Revolution
12. Chapter Six The Government Parties 71
13. Chapter Seven The Opposition Parties 89
14. Chapter Eight The Military and the Right-Wing Opposition 105
15. Chapter Nine Democracy and Civil Liberties under Betancourt 118
16. Chapter Ten Foreign Policy of the Revolution 136
17. Part Three The Program of the Democratic Revolution
18. Chapter Eleven The Economic-Financial Problem 149
19. Chapter Twelve The Agrarian Reform: General Outlines 159
20. Chapter Thirteen The Agrarian Reform: Some Specific Examples 173
21. Chapter Fourteen The Agrarian Reform: Success or Failure? 181
22. Chapter Fifteen Industrialization: Aid to Private Enterprise 194
23. Chapter Sixteen Industrialization: The State-Owned Sector 206
24. Chapter Seventeen Petroleum, Mining, and Conservation Policy 219
25. Chapter Eighteen Labor Policy and Organization 233
26. Chapter Nineteen Primary Education 246
27. Chapter Twenty Adult, Vocational, Secondary, and University Education 257
28. Chapter Twenty-One Housing, Public Utilities, and Roads 271
29. Chapter Twenty-Two Health, Social Welfare, and Prison Reform 287
30. Fart Four Significance of the Venezuelan Democratic Revolution
31. Chapter Twenty-Three The Balance Sheet of the Revolution 295
32. Chapter Twenty-Four The Role of the Venezuelan Democratic Revolution in America 308
33. Notes 321
34. Bibliographical Note 329
35. Index 333