Realignments in the Welfare State: Health Policy in the United States, Britain, and Canada - Couverture rigide

Ruggie, Mary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0231104847 ISBN 13 : 9780231104845

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This text explores the changing role of the state in Canada, Britain and the USA in the area of health care. Welfare systems have survived, in many cases, by experimenting with alternative forms of delivering services - this book focuses on how these models signal both persistence and transformation. The book examines cost containment, prioritization and other aspects of the health care policies of Canada, Britain and the USA as case studies in the retrenchment of the welfare state in advanced industrial societies. It argues that the USA, Canada and Britain are undertaking novel approaches to reshaping health care policies, experiments that cannot be characterized or understood according to standard liberal criteria. Although there are many differences in the approaches of these countries, all share underlying principles, norms and modes of decision-making, as they attempt to continue to perform their tasks under new constraints.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231104847
• ISBN 13: 9780231104845
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible