IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aph/ajpbhl/10.2105-ajph.2011.300325_9.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Against the very idea of the politicization of public health policy

Author

Listed:
  • Goldberg, D.S.

Abstract

I criticize the concern over the politicization of public health policy as a justification for preferring a narrow to a broad model of public health. My critique proceeds along 2 lines. First, the fact that administrative structures and actors are primary sources of public health policy demonstrates its inescapably political and politicized nature. Second, historical evidence shows that public health in Great Britain and the United States has from its very inception been political and politicized. I conclude by noting legitimate ethical concerns regarding the political nature of public health policy and argue that open deliberation in a democratic social order is best served by acknowledging the constraints of the inescapably politicized process of public health policymaking.

Suggested Citation

  • Goldberg, D.S., 2012. "Against the very idea of the politicization of public health policy," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(1), pages 44-49.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300325_9
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300325
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300325
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300325?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300325_9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Christopher F Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.apha.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.