The mediating effect of public opinion on public policy : exploring the realm of health care /

The mediating effect of public opinion on public policy : exploring the realm of health care /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chard, Richard E., 1965-
Imprint:	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 179 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in public policy SUNY series in public policy.
Subject:	Medical care -- Public opinion. Medical policy -- Public opinion. Health planning -- Public opinion. Public opinion. Health Policy -- trends. Health Policy -- trends. Social Change. Public Opinion. Social Change. Health planning -- Public opinion. Medical care -- Public opinion. Medical policy -- Public opinion. Public opinion. United States. Electronic books. Statistics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140414

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ISBN:	1423739779 9781423739777 0791460533 9780791460535 9780791485255 0791485250 0791460541
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Using health care policy to develop a theory of how public opinion influences public policy outcomes, Richard E. Chard draws on data ranging from presidential approval ratings to polls conducted during the debate over the Health Security Act. Over the last five decades the relationship has been a complex one, yet there are clear indications that health care policy development has been controlled to a great extent by public opinion. Chard argues that policy change is either static or dynamic because public opinion, the underlying force, is itself dynamic at times and static at others, and concludes that this model of change is applicable to all policy areas, not just health care."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Chard, Richard E., 1965- Mediating effect of public opinion on public policy. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2004 0791460533 0791460541

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Health policy change
Ch. 2 Exploring the foundations of dynamic policy change
Ch. 3 Path dependence and policy change
Ch. 4 Presidents as advocates, entrepreneurs, and agenda setters
Ch. 5 Healthy, wealthy, and wise?
Ch. 6 Examining the impact of countervalent messages on policy support
Ch. 7 Media effects and policy opinions.