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The Populist Radical Right and Health
This contributed volume is the first in-depth analysis of the health policies of populist radical right (PRR) parties worldwide and their actual involvement in health care. The prominence of authoritarian, nationalistic, and populist parties is expanding steadily. However, it is often difficult to discern what kind of policies they really stand for, particularly with regard to the welfare state and public health, where research remains sparse. This book fills this critical gap. The text connects PRR parties and leaders with actual health and social policy effects in Eastern and Western Europe as well as in the United States, Brazil, and the Philippines. The chapters highlight ten individual ...
Health and the Sustainable Development Goals
Changes the argument about inter-sectoral action, to one based on co-benefits - a 'Health for All Policies' approach.
Catastrophic Incentives
Silver Award Winner, 2024 Nonfiction Book Awards Societies are vulnerable to any number of potential disasters: earthquakes, hurricanes, infectious diseases, terrorist attacks, and many others. Even though the dangers are often clear, there is a persistent pattern of inadequate preparation and a failure to learn from experience. Before disasters, institutions pay insufficient attention to risk; in the aftermath, even when the lack of preparation led to a flawed response, the focus shifts to patching holes instead of addressing the underlying problems. Examining twenty years of disasters from 9/11 to COVID-19, Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin show how flawed incentive structures make the w...
Coronavirus Politics
Global experts develop explanations of how governments responded to COVID-19
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Ungoverned and Out of Sight
Ungoverned and Out of Sight explores conflicting policy solutions in the highly decentralized U.S. homeless policy space. Alongside detailed case studies, it provides recommendations for policy makers to improve existing systems and deliver policies that will successfully diminish chronic homelessness.
De la santé en Amérique
La politique de santé aux États-Unis a été l’objet d’intenses débats ces dernières années. Deux questions ont particulièrement retenu l’attention: « comment réduire les coûts ? » et « faut-il assurer toute la population ? ». Ce numéro de Politique américaine propose une autre lecture. Quatre contributions y éclairent la politique de santé sous un jour souvent délaissé par la littérature francophone: celui de la dynamique des groupes d’intérêt et du rôle des catégories socio-professionnelles. Qu’il s’agisse des lobbies religieux investissant l’arène de la Cour suprême, d’une profession médicale tiraillée entre préjugés raciaux et discours scienti...
