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Making health policy : a critical introduction /

By: Alaszewski, Andy.
Contributor(s): Brown, Patrick.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2012Description: ix, 292 p2 ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780745641737; 9780745641737:; 0745641733; 9780745641744 (pb); 0745641741 (pb).Subject(s): Medical policy | Policy sciences | Health -- Policy -- Great BritainDDC classification: 362.1
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction : what is health policy? -- Part 1 : rationality in policy making. 2 : managing knowledge and expertise : attempting to create rational health policy. 3 : competition for money and the limits of instrumental rationality. 4 : power and influence in policy making : policy communities and networks. 5 : pressure of events : disasters, inquiries and the dynamics of blame -- Part 2 : the limits of rationality in policy making. 6 : identifying policy problems : competition and claims-making. 7 : how does the nature of modern democracy shape the formation of health policy?. 8 : ideology and policy : legitimating, bounding and framing. 9 : the impact of the media on health policy making -- Part 3 : conclusion. 10 : so how and why are health policies made? Some final comments -- References -- Index.
Summary: A thoughtful and insightful textbook introduction to how health policy is made. It pays attention to the social and political processes which structure what decisions are taken about health policy, and addresses issues such as politicians' eagerness to please voters, the power of the media, and the role of pressure groups.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction : what is health policy? -- Part 1 : rationality in policy making. 2 : managing knowledge and expertise : attempting to create rational health policy. 3 : competition for money and the limits of instrumental rationality. 4 : power and influence in policy making : policy communities and networks. 5 : pressure of events : disasters, inquiries and the dynamics of blame -- Part 2 : the limits of rationality in policy making. 6 : identifying policy problems : competition and claims-making. 7 : how does the nature of modern democracy shape the formation of health policy?. 8 : ideology and policy : legitimating, bounding and framing. 9 : the impact of the media on health policy making -- Part 3 : conclusion. 10 : so how and why are health policies made? Some final comments -- References -- Index.

A thoughtful and insightful textbook introduction to how health policy is made. It pays attention to the social and political processes which structure what decisions are taken about health policy, and addresses issues such as politicians' eagerness to please voters, the power of the media, and the role of pressure groups.

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