Public Health Policies and Social Inequality - by C Andrain Hardcover

Book Synopsis

This book explores the interaction between public health policies and social inequality. It probes three issues: What groups wield the greatest influence over the policy process? Who gains the most benefits from health policies? How can we best understand the policy link between health and social inequalities? A theory of social opportunities clarifies the reasons for policy effectiveness, particularly the impact of public programmes on the environmental and personal conditions that improve people's health.

About the Author

CHARLES F. ANDRAIN is professor of political science at San Diego State University. He has written several books about comparative public policy and social change. Authored with David E. Apter his work on Political Protest and Social Change: Analyzing Politics was selected by Choice Magazine as an outstanding academic book of 1995. Other major publications include Comparative Political Systems, Political Change in the Third World, and Social Policies in Western Industrial Societies.