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Making health policy / Kent Buse, Nicholas Mays and Gill Walt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding public healthPublisher: Maidenhead : McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: Second editionDescription: 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780335246342
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1 23
LOC classification:
  • RA393 .B87 2012
NLM classification:
  • 2013 H-652
  • WA 525
Contents:
Overview of the book -- 1. The health policy framework -- 2. Power and the policy process -- 3. The state and the private sector in health policy -- 4. Agenda setting -- 5. Government and the policy process -- 6. Interest groups and the policy process -- 7. Policy implementation -- 8. Globalizing the policy process -- 9. Research, evaluation and policy -- 10. Doing policy analysis; Glossary; Acronyms; Index; Adverts; Back cover -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Index.
Summary: "Part of the Understanding Public Health series, this bestselling book is the leading text in the field. It focuses on how health policy is made nationally and globally, clearly explaining the key concepts from political science with a wide array of engaging examples. This edition is fully updated to reflect new research and ways of thinking about the health policy process. Written by leading experts, this clear and accessible book addresses the “how” of health policy making in a range of international settings. The book provides an accessible approach to understanding."--Back cover.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 362.1 BUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A568451B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 362.1 BUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A568567B

Previous edition: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of the book -- 1. The health policy framework -- 2. Power and the policy process -- 3. The state and the private sector in health policy -- 4. Agenda setting -- 5. Government and the policy process -- 6. Interest groups and the policy process -- 7. Policy implementation -- 8. Globalizing the policy process -- 9. Research, evaluation and policy -- 10. Doing policy analysis; Glossary; Acronyms; Index; Adverts; Back cover -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Index.

"Part of the Understanding Public Health series, this bestselling book is the leading text in the field. It focuses on how health policy is made nationally and globally, clearly explaining the key concepts from political science with a wide array of engaging examples. This edition is fully updated to reflect new research and ways of thinking about the health policy process. Written by leading experts, this clear and accessible book addresses the “how” of health policy making in a range of international settings. The book provides an accessible approach to understanding."--Back cover.

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