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The politics of European Union health policies / Scott L. Greer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: State of health seriesPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Open University Press, 2009Description: ii, 194 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0335236235
  • 9780335236237
  • 0335236243
  • 9780335236244
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10917124
Contents:
1. Health policy in the European Union: From Secret Garden to Public Park -- 2. EU Health Policymaking -- 3. European Union Health Policies: The Key Issues Facing States -- 4. Doing something about it -- 5. Lobbies -- 6. Member States -- 7. France -- 8. Germany -- 10. The United Kingdom -- 11. Conclusion.
Summary: "This important new book explains how European Union (EU) developed policies shape and constrain health services. It answers the key questions asked of EU health policy: What is it? Why did it happen? What does it take to influence it and how can it be changed? Using extensive new data, Greer discusses how EU policy is influenced by lobbies in Brussels and by four big member states: France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Shaping EU health policy takes information, coordination, nimbleness and focus. The book examines the ways that the successful health lobbies and member states work, identifies weaknesses, and emphasizes the challenge to health policymakers: if they do not influence EU health policies, they will lose influence over their own health systems. The Politics of European Union Health Policies will be of great interest to students and academics of EU policy and politics, as well as health policy makers."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Health policy in the European Union: From Secret Garden to Public Park -- 2. EU Health Policymaking -- 3. European Union Health Policies: The Key Issues Facing States -- 4. Doing something about it -- 5. Lobbies -- 6. Member States -- 7. France -- 8. Germany -- 10. The United Kingdom -- 11. Conclusion.

"This important new book explains how European Union (EU) developed policies shape and constrain health services. It answers the key questions asked of EU health policy: What is it? Why did it happen? What does it take to influence it and how can it be changed? Using extensive new data, Greer discusses how EU policy is influenced by lobbies in Brussels and by four big member states: France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Shaping EU health policy takes information, coordination, nimbleness and focus. The book examines the ways that the successful health lobbies and member states work, identifies weaknesses, and emphasizes the challenge to health policymakers: if they do not influence EU health policies, they will lose influence over their own health systems. The Politics of European Union Health Policies will be of great interest to students and academics of EU policy and politics, as well as health policy makers."--Publisher's website.

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