Stagnating political participation, the growth of delegated agencies and the prevalence of
rationalistic-technocratic discourse all represent interlinking aspects of what can been …

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across
a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle …

Research Highlights and Abstract This article provides the first detailed and evidence-based
account of the coalition government's approach to transport-related carbon management. It …

Background Social scientists have paid increasing attention to health technology
assessment (HTA). This paper provides an overview of existing social scientific literature on …

Research Highlights and Abstract This article: Covers new empirical terrain in the study of
depoliticisation, with an in-depth case study of health technology regulation; Analyses …

The rationing problem is common to all health systems—the challenge of managing finite
resources to address unlimited demand for services. In most low-and middle-income …

Objectives Deliberative processes for health technology assessment (HTA) are intended to
facilitate participatory decision making, using discussion and open dialogue between …

The delegation of governance tasks to third parties is generally assumed to help
governments to avoid blame once policies become contested. International organizations …

Theories of deliberative democracy are popular for their promise that in a deliberative polity,
democracy can realise both participatory politics and rational policies. However, they are …

Background The question of why the attitudes towards economic evaluation in health care
differ so much from one jurisdiction to another has long been a source of discussion among …