New Labour's State of Health

In this timely and unique work, Calum Paton assesses the political economy and politics of current health policy in order to explain the underlying causes of pr

This study provides a comprehensive examination of the social policy of New Labour. It examines differences between current policy areas and provides topical in

Why, in the recent campaigns for universal health care, did organized labor maintain its support of employer-mandated insurance? Did labor's weakened condition

Tony Blair was the longest serving Labour Prime Minister in British history. This book, the third in a trilogy of books on New Labour edited by Martin Powell, a

This textbook provides a critical assessment of developments in health and healthcare policy within the UK and Europe. Each chapter integrates conceptual themes

States are increasingly important players in the current efforts to reform U.S. health care, as the federal government withdraws from this responsibility. Rober

In this sweeping narrative history from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the Great Recession of today, Caring for America rethinks both the history of the A

This book represents the first comparative study of how health policy is made in leading industrial nations. Using detailed case histories of the UK, the US and

This book argues that the traditional government approach of exhorting individuals to live healthier lifestyles is not enough - action to promote public health