Public Health Policies and Social Inequality

by C. Andrain

Overview

This book explores the interaction between public health policies and social inequality. It probes three issues: What groups wield the greatest influence over the policy process? Who gains the most benefits from health policies? How can we best understand the policy link between health and social inequalities? A theory of social opportunities clarifies the reasons for policy effectiveness, particularly the impact of public programmes on the environmental and personal conditions that improve people's health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333726952
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/10/1998
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

CHARLES F. ANDRAIN is professor of political science at San Diego State University. He has written several books about comparative public policy and social change. Authored with David E. Apter his work on Political Protest and Social Change: Analyzing Politics was selected by Choice Magazine as an outstanding academic book of 1995. Other major publications include Comparative Political Systems, Political Change in the Third World, and Social Policies in Western Industrial Societies.

Table of Contents

List of Tables Preface Introduction: Politics and Health PART I: MODELS OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS The Entrepreneurial Model The Organic Corporatist Model The Social Democratic Model PART II: EXPLANATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS Political Culture and the Meaning of Health Political Power and Policy Changes Rational Choice and Market Efficiency PART III: EVALUATIONS OF HEALTH POLICIES AND OUTCOMES Public Policies and Health Evaluating Public Health Policies Notes Index