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9780719069505

Territorial Politics and Health Policy UK Health Policy in Comparative Perspective

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    9780719069505

  • ISBN10:

    0719069505

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-12-09
  • Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Summary

This study identifies the different combinations of market, profession, management and civil society that England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales chose in their efforts to provide health services to all. It explains why these four health systems, despite facing similar pressures and opportunities, have developed dramatically different health policy trajectories.

Author Biography

Scott L. Greer is Research Fellow at the Constitution Unit of University College London.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables
vi
Acknowledgements vii
Note on terminology ix
Laboratories of democracy?
1(25)
Medical politics and the politics of medicine
26(37)
Scotland: professionalism
63(29)
England: markets
92(36)
Wales: localism
128(31)
Northern Ireland: permissive managerialism
159(36)
Creating divergent policy in the UK
195(27)
Conclusion: international debates, local conclusions
222(23)
Appendix: interviewee profiles 245(4)
References 249(22)
Index 271

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