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During the 1970s and 1980s policymaking in the complex area of
regulatory legislation of the health disciplines became both
increasingly important and increasingly difficult for the Canadian
provinces. In this comparative study Joan Boase traces the
evolution of relationships among governments and health care
interest groups in four provinces - Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia,
and Alberta - and finds that, although they have faced similar
problems, they have responded in different ways. She employs
several theoretical approaches to explain these different
responses, including community/policy networks, institutionalism,
and state traditions, and uses case studies to illustrate the
intense interest group activity that has occurred in this sector.
Boase reaches three conclusions: (1) with the development of a
national health insurance plan there has been a shift in the
actions of government from reliance on interest group liberalism
towards concerted efforts to plan the structure of the welfare
system; (2) the different systems of interest intermediation that
evolved in the provinces reflected the underlying political and
administrative culture and institutional structures within the
provinces; and (3) the unique proactive approach taken by Ontario
in the 1980s was a deliberate effort to modify the institutional
arrangements through which groups had traditionally influenced
policy. Boase suggests that the complexities of modern government
and the move towards redistributive politics will lead the state to
make extraordinary efforts to control its environment in the
future. Shifting Sands will be of particular interest to health
care specialists, policy-makers, and legislators as well as
activists.
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