Participation in Social Policy

Texte du rabat

This Element proposes a conceptualization of programmatic participation and distinguishes between two types, monitoring and policy-making.

Résumé
Governments and international organizations have promoted community participation in public health since the late 1970s. We lack comparative studies of these participatory institutions in public health. This Element proposes a conceptualization of programmatic participation and distinguishes between two types, monitoring and policy-making.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. Programmatic participation and institutional origins; 3. Programmatic participation in health systems in Western Europe and Latin America; 4. Community programmatic participation for policy-making: the case of participatory local projects in Argentina; 5. Conclusion.