Accidental logics: the dynamics of change in the health care arena in the United States, Britain, and Canada

Abstract

Introduction 1. Understanding the Dynamics of Change in the Health Care Arena PART I: EPISODES OF POLICY CHANGE 2. The Establishment of the Welfare State in the Health Care Arena 3. The Reforms of the 1990s 4. Ideas, Institutions, Interests, and Actors and the Accidents of Policy Episodes PART II: THE DISTINCTIVE LOGICS OF NATIONAL SYSTEMS 5. The US: The Logic of the Mixed Market 6. Britain: The Logic of Corporatism Meets the Internal Market 7. Canada: The Logic of the Single-Payer System 8. Conclusion References Index