Reconciling two conflicting tales of the english health policy process since 1997

British Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-203

  Alvarez Rosete, Arturo ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^b  

^a KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Core executive; Governance; Health policy; NHS; Policy formulation; Policy implementation; Policy process; Westminster and Whitehall model

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749132642     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2008.2     Document Type: Article

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