Mark Exworthy & Stephen Peckham 
Shaping health policy 
Case study methods and analysis

This collection examines the role that case-studies play in understanding and explaining British health policy. Overall, the chapters cover the key health policy literatures in terms of the policy process, analytical frameworks and some of the seminal moments of the NHS. They have been written by leading health policy researchers in sociology, social policy, management and organisation studies. The collection explores and promotes the case-study as an under-used method and thereby encourages a more reflective approach to policy learning by practitioners and academics. The book will appeal to under-graduates, post-graduates and academics in social policy, public management and health services research.

About the author

Mark Exworthy is Professor of Health Policy and Management, School of Management, Royal Holloway-University of London. Stephen Peckham is a Reader in Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Martin Powell is Professor of Health and Social Policy at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. Alison Hann is a lecturer in public health and health policy studies at Swansea University