Health Policy: An Introduction to Process and Power

Gill Walt

ISBN 10: 1856492648 / ISBN 13: 9781856492645

Published by Zed Books, 1994

About this Item

Providing an introduction to the way health policies are made and who influences them, this book combines a comparative analytical framework for understanding health policy with a wide range of examples of actual policy choices from North and South. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. 1994. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Health Policy: An Introduction to Process and Power
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856492648
• ISBN 13: 9781856492645
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Providing an introduction to the way health policies are made and who influences them, this book combines a comparative analytical framework for understanding health policy with a wide range of examples of actual policy choices from North and South.

In its exploration of power, the book focuses on the role of the state in the context of interest groups and other actors. It looks at the nature of political systems and the extent to which participation is encouraged. It also explores issues of global influence, asking how far the North shapes health policies in the South. In its exploration of processes, the book asks how issues get on to the policy agenda, what the processes of formulation are and who the influential actors are.

About the Author

Gill Walt is Emeritus Professor of International Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.