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This study is the first large-scale comparison of policy and divergence in the UK since devolution. Based on extensive original research, it argues that we see substantial divergence in policies and social citizenship among the four parts of the UK as its autonomous political systems try to solve the unpredictable and difficult puzzles of health policy-making.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 288
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: Devolution
Publication Date:
01 April 2009
ISBN: 9780719069512
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Social welfare and social services, Politics and government, Health systems and services
Scott L. Greer is a lecturer in Public Policy at University College London and an affiliate of the Constitution Unit
Scott L. Greer is a lecturer in Public Policy at University College London and an affiliate of the Consitution Unit
1. Laboratories of democracy?
2. Medical politics and the politics of medicine
3. Scotland: professionalism
4. England: markets
5. Wales: localism
6. Northern Ireland: permissive managerialism
7. Creating divergent policy in the UK
8. Conclusion: international debates, local conclusions
Index