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With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the
third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues,
debates and priorities for action in social policy across the
Global South and North. Accessible and lively, it incorporates
seven new chapters covering theory, social justice, climate,
migration, gender, young people and water, energy and food. The
original chapters have also been fully updated to reflect major
developments in the fast-changing world of global social policy.
Key features include: * overview and summary boxes to bookend each
chapter; * questions for discussion and follow-up activities; *
further reading and resources. Exploring what it means to locate
human welfare within a global framework of social policy analysis
and action, this textbook offers a perfect guide for curious
students.
With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the
third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues,
debates and priorities for action in social policy across the
Global South and North. Accessible and lively, it incorporates
seven new chapters covering theory, social justice, climate,
migration, gender, young people and water, energy and food. The
original chapters have also been fully updated to reflect major
developments in the fast-changing world of global social policy.
Key features include: * overview and summary boxes to bookend each
chapter; * questions for discussion and follow-up activities; *
further reading and resources. Exploring what it means to locate
human welfare within a global framework of social policy analysis
and action, this textbook offers a perfect guide for curious
students.
Although the last two decades have seen the healthcare systems of
most developed countries face pressure for major reform, the impact
of this reform on the relationship between empowerment, consumerism
and citizen's rights has received limited research attention.
Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy sets out to redress
this imbalance. This book explores the extent to which
globalisation and commercialisation relate to current and emerging
health policies. It also looks at the implications for citizens,
patients and social rights, as well as how policy making interacts
with the interests of global and European trade and economic
policies. Topics discussed include: How the impact of globalisation
on health systems is apparent in the influence of international
actors and European policies. How the impact of globalisation is
mediated by national priorities and policies and is therefore
reflected in diverse influences. How commercialisation of health is
presented as benefiting citizens and patients but has the potential
to undermine the aims and values inherent in health systems. How
the role of citizens' interests, social rights, patient's rights
and priorities of patient and public involvement need to be
separated from commercialisation, choice and consumerism in health
care. Essential reading for policy makers and students of public
policy, politics, law and health services, Globalisation, Markets
and Healthcare Policy will also appeal to those interested in
patient involvement international healthcare, international
relations, trans-national organisations and the EU.
Although the last two decades have seen the healthcare systems of
most developed countries face pressure for major reform, the impact
of this reform on the relationship between empowerment, consumerism
and citizen's rights has received limited research attention.
Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy sets out to redress
this imbalance. This book explores the extent to which
globalisation and commercialisation relate to current and emerging
health policies. It also looks at the implications for citizens,
patients and social rights, as well as how policy making interacts
with the interests of global and European trade and economic
policies. Topics discussed include: How the impact of globalisation
on health systems is apparent in the influence of international
actors and European policies. How the impact of globalisation is
mediated by national priorities and policies and is therefore
reflected in diverse influences. How commercialisation of health is
presented as benefiting citizens and patients but has the potential
to undermine the aims and values inherent in health systems. How
the role of citizens' interests, social rights, patient's rights
and priorities of patient and public involvement need to be
separated from commercialisation, choice and consumerism in health
care. Essential reading for policy makers and students of public
policy, politics, law and health services, Globalisation, Markets
and Healthcare Policy will also appeal to those interested in
patient involvement international healthcare, international
relations, trans-national organisations and the EU.
At a time of fundamental changes in international health
strategies, this is the first book to provide a comprehensive
account of the international agencies involved -- notably the World
Health Organisation, the World Bank, UNICEF, UNFPA and UNDP.
Succinctly covering their organisation, finances, policies and
practice, and paying due attention to the increasingly dominant
role in health policymaking being played by the World Bank, this
book also devotes attention to other actors in the health field,
notably non-governmental organisations. It also examines in depth
the main areas of international health policy, including the Health
for All and Primary Health Care strategies, the current
preoccupation with health care reform and service delivery, the
future of essential drugs policies and the issues surrounding
reproductive health and population.
What makes this book of outstanding usefulness is not simply its
rich combination of institutional and policy information and
analysis, but the particular stance of its authors - namely their
principled assertion of the universal right of people to have
access to much needed health services as the essential basis for
any health policy.
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