Health Policy and Politics in Europe (SP0073)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-PHPE

This course seeks to introduce students to a core area of public policy, the organisation, finance and regulation of health and health care. The focus is on recent and current processes of change and reform, while the approach is comparative, referring specifically to the larger states of western Europe. Due attention is paid to theories of the state, and to topical issues such as devolution and internationalisation. Assessment: 4,000-word essay.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Studies), (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

This course aims to develop understandings of:
othe delivery, finance and regulation of health and health care;
othe use of cross-national comparison in politics and public policy, and
othe nature and functioning of the contemporary state.