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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jean-Germain GrosPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.581kg ISBN: 9781442235342ISBN 10: 1442235349 Pages: 302 Publication Date: 16 October 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Acronyms Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Analytical Schematics Chapter 2: In Conquest and in Health: Healthcare Policy in Colonial Africa, 1870-1960 Chapter 3: Healthcare Policy in Post-Colonial Africa: The Influence of External Institutions Chapter 4: Healthcare Policy in Post-Colonial Africa: Measuring the Impact of Local Institutions Chapter 5: Healthcare Policy in Africa and Humanitarianism Chapter 6: Healthcare Policy in Botswana, Ghana, and Rwanda: Agency and Institutions Chapter 7: Healthcare Policy in Africa in the 21st Century: Challenges to Policy and Opportunities Bibliography About the AuthorReviewsGros has produced a compelling analysis of heath care and related policies in contemporary Africa. He has done so with a comprehensive treatment of the historical context of colonial practices in regard to health. He anchors the careful analysis of health, including dexterity in the discussion of three important cases (Botswana, Ghana and Rwanda), with a strong theoretical bases-historical institutionalism. This is a welcome addition to the literature on health policy in Africa, and the particular constraints under contemporary conditions. -- Minion K. C. Morrison, professor and head of department of Political Science and Public Administrations, Mississippi State University Healthcare Policy in Africa offers unique insights into the determinants of the essential features of health services in Africa over the last century. Instead of being enmeshed in the technocratic details of policy, the book explores both agency and structure in the making of overall policy, with particular emphasis on 'governmentality' institutions as understood by Foucault. The result is a much-improved understanding of how health policy on the continent is shaped by technical capacities, national politics, institutional inheritance and the web of global institutions and organizations in which they are embedded. Among the book's many insights, the chapter in which Gros disaggregates the category of 'non-governmental organization' into four sub-types and analyzes the consequent implications is particularly helpful. -- David K. Leonard, professor emeritus of Political Science and former dean of International and Area studies, University of California, Berkeley Gros provides a ground-breaking historiography of health care policy in the African continent. His methodological approach employs tapping into historical policy, analyzing the structure of bureaucracy and providing insightful narratives. This book makes a significant contribution to the literature on African social policies. -- Richard T. Middleton IV Jean-Germain Gros has produced a compelling analysis of healthcare and related policies in contemporary Africa, and he has done so with a comprehensive treatment of the historical context of colonial practices in regard to health. He anchors the careful analysis of health, including the discussion of three important cases (Botswana, Ghana, and Rwanda), in a strong theoretical basis: historical institutionalism. This is a welcome addition to the literature on health policy in Africa. -- Minion K. C. Morrison, professor and head of department of Political Science and Public Administrations, Mississippi State University Healthcare Policy in Africa offers unique insights into the determinants of the essential features of health services in Africa over the last century. Instead of being enmeshed in the technocratic details of policy, the book explores both agency and structure in the making of overall policy, with particular emphasis on 'governmentality' institutions as understood by Foucault. The result is a much-improved understanding of how health policy on the continent is shaped by technical capacities, national politics, institutional inheritance and the web of global institutions and organizations in which they are embedded. Among the book's many insights, the chapter in which Gros disaggregates the category of 'non-governmental organization' into four sub-types and analyzes the consequent implications is particularly helpful. -- David K. Leonard, professor emeritus of Political Science and former dean of International and Area studies, University of California, Berkeley Gros provides a ground-breaking historiography of health care policy in the African continent. His methodological approach employs tapping into historical policy, analyzing the structure of bureaucracy and providing insightful narratives. This book makes a significant contribution to the literature on African social policies. -- Richard T. Middleton IV, associate professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis Author InformationJean-Germain Gros is professor of political science and public policy administration at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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