Brown Political Exercise

Active Living, Public Policy, and the Built Environment
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55344-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Lawrence D. Brown presents five case studies of cities that have promoted active living with varying success through a range of approaches. He shows how and why the transformation of a call for public intervention into projects, programs, and policies is inescapably political.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Lawrence D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Wilkes-Barre: Active Living on the Trail to Recovery
2. Louisville: The Politics of Piecemeal Progress
3. Albuquerque: Reshaping a Cultural Landscape
4. Sacramento: Active Living as a Breath of Fresh Air
5. New York City: Flourishing at the Margins of Policy
6. Evaluation Meets Implementation: The Struggle for the Real
Conclusion: Active Living and Beyond: Bringing Implementation Back Into Health Promotion
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence D. Brown is professor of health policy and management in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He is the author of Politics and Health Care Organization: HMOs as Federal Policy (1983) and coauthor of The Private Abuse of the Public Interest: Market Myths and Policy Muddles (2008) and has published widely on health care policy.