Decentralization is a key feature of contemporary governmental institutions. All over the
world, the authority and responsibility over public policies are shared between different …

Taking health inequalities in the United Kingdom as a case study, this article adopts a
'discursive institutionalist'approach to explore how the organisation of policy-making bodies …

Despite the importance of social equity as an ideal and goal, much work remains in
understanding how public services may help foster greater equity–or create and sustain …

Abstract C osta-F ont J. and R ico A.(2006) Devolution and the interregional inequalities in
health and healthcare in Spain, Regional Studies 40, 875–887. The desirability of …

The Alma Ata Declaration is now 28 years old. This article uses its framework to assess the
changes that have occurred in recent years in the English health system. It summarises the …

Health governance internationally has become more complex, with both hierarchical and
network modes of governance explicitly represented within single public systems. Objective …

Health is perhaps the most significant policy area to be devolved to decision‐makers in
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Consequently, there has been a great deal of interest …

Despite widespread agreement over the connection between federalism and social
expenditures during times of welfare state expansion, disagreement exists concerning …

Since devolution, the four countries of the United Kingdom have pursued strikingly different
National Health Service (NHS) reforms. While England created a supply-side market more …