This work poses the question: is it possible to learn from the health care systems of other countries? I t offers guidelines for comparing health care reforms, & con siders the impact on reform of structural differences in hea lth care systems. '
This work poses the question: is it possible to learn from the health care systems of other countries? I t offers guidelines for comparing health care reforms, & con siders the impact on reform of structural differences in hea lth care systems. '
An examination of the social and territorial divisions within Europe that uses a global perspective to argue that social and territorial divisions are inextricably linked, and that only a detailed examination of economic, political and geographical differences can lead to a clearer understanding of the social tensions and inequalities that exist ......
In this practical guide to policy analysis, readers will learn how to prepare an unbiased description of a problem to be studied, the various diagnostic techniques, how to do costs and benefits analysis and strategies for ef fective communication. '
Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, this title investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future generations. It examines the effect of institutional structure on the public delivery of these goods.
Shattering the myths about what's wrong with managed health care, this title explains its origins and identifies its real achievements and shortcomings. It argues that many criticisms of managed care tend to idealize the costly and fragmented insurance system it supplanted, without pinpointing the true inadequacies of today's managed care.
Features prominent thinkers who demonstrate how natural law can be used to resolve a wide range of complex social, political, and constitutional issues by addressing controversial subjects that include the family, taxation, war, racial discrimination, medical technology, and sexuality.
Examined from both sides - the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the FBI on one hand, and David Koresh and his followers on the other - this text focuses on the events at Mt. Carmel, near Waco Texas. Dick J. Reavis contends that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh, and even less to raid the compound at Mt. ......
Synthesizing theory, personal research, and prior studies on interest groups and other lobbies, the author offers an overview of organized political interests and explains how and why they affect public policy. Drawing on his experience researching interest groups, he assesses the impact that special interests have long had in shaping policy.
