Social Movements and the Transformation of American Health Care

by Banaszak-Holl, Jane C.; Levitsky, Sandra R.; Zald, Mayer N.

• ISBN13: 9780195388299
• ISBN10: 0195388291
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Few contemporary social problems in the U.S. affect more people daily than those within the American health care system. Social Movements and the Transformation of American Health Care is the first collection of essays to examine dynamics of change in health care institutions through the lens of contemporary theory and research on collective action. Gathering scholars from medicine, health policy, history, sociology, and political science, the book considers health-related social movements from four distinct levels, concentrating on movements seeking changes in the regulation, financing, and distribution of health resources; changes in institutions in public health, bio-ethics, and other fields; interactions between social movements and professions; and the cultural dominance of the medical model, and the difficulties for framing and legitimizing new issues in health care it poses. At a time when American health care is long overdue for major changes, this book takes an essential look at movements, policies, and institutions to identify the common constraints and opportunities for reform within the health care system.

Author Biography

JB: Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health; Research Associate Professor in the Institute of Gerontology, School of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, College of Literature, Science and Arts, University of Michigan
SL: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan
MZ: Professor (Emeritus) Sociology, Social Work and Management, University of Michigan. He has authored or edited twenty-one books, and more than seventy articles. Among other honors, he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Table of Contents

Preface

Social Movements and the Transformation of U.S. Health Care: Introduction

Transformation of State Financing and Regulation

The Limitations of Social Movements as Catalysts for Change

The Challenge of Universal Health Care: Social Movements, Presidential, Leadership, and Private Power

The Consumer-Directed Health Care Movement: Defining the Limits of Democratic Representation

Mobilizing for Reform: Cohesion in State Healthcare Coalitions

The Strength of Diverse Ties: Multiple Hybridity in the Politics of Inclusion and Difference in U.S. Biomedical Research

The Reorientation of Institutional Fields

Field Analysis and Policy Ethnography in the Study of Health Social Movements

The Institutionalization of Community Action in Public Health

Social Movement Challenges to Structural Archetypes: Abortion Rights, AIDS, and Long-Term Care

The ""Hostile Takeover"" of Bioethics by the Religious Right and the Counter-Offensive

Professions and Organizations in the Transformation of Health Care and Research

Shadow Mobilization for Environmental Health and Justice

Bringing Social Movement Theory to Health Care Practice in the English National Health Service

Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Medical Education: The Birth of an Organized Movement

Sources of Self-Help Movement Legitimation

Culture and Legitimacy in US Health Care

Hot or Not?: Obstacles to Emerging Climate-Induced Illness Movements

From Infanticide to Activism: Emotions and Identity in Self Help Movements

Framing Hazards in the Health Arena: Mis-framings, Frame Disputes and Frame Shifting in Relation to Obesity

Conclusion: The Shape of Collective Action in the U.S. Health Sector

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