Territorial politics and health policy : UK health policy in comparative perspective

Author(s)

• Greer, Scott L.

Bibliographic Information

Territorial politics and health policy : UK health policy in comparative perspective

Scott L. Greer

（Devolution series / series editor, Charlie Jeffery）

Manchester University Press, 2009, c2004

• : pbk

Note

Originally published in hardback 2004

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study is the first large-scale comparison of policy and divergence in the UK since devolution. Based on extensive original research, it argues that we see substantial divergence in policies and social citizenship among the four parts of the UK as its autonomous political systems try to solve the unpredictable and difficult puzzles of health policy-making. -- .

Table of Contents

1. Laboratories of democracy? 2. Medical politics and the politics of medicine 3. Scotland: professionalism 4. England: markets 5. Wales: localism 6. Northern Ireland: permissive managerialism 7. Creating divergent policy in the UK 8. Conclusion: international debates, local conclusions Index -- .

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Details

• NCID: BB03159956
• ISBN:
  • 9780719069512
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Manchester
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 275 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 362.10941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medical policy -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Public health administration -- Decentralization -- Great Britain
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA69857832