How to start thinking about investigating power in the organizational settings of policy implementation

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 361-368

  Erasmus, Ermin ^a,d   Gilson, Lucy ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Centre for Health Policy Johannesburg   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health policy; Implementation; Methods; Policy analysis; Power

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MANAGER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PLANNING; THEORY;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RECORDS AS TOPIC;

EID: 49949109481     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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