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In Canada, the rise of Conservative governments seems to have coincided with a decline in the number of political scientists analysing health care policy. There never were very many political scientists who published in the health policy field, despite its size and importance, but now there are even fewer. Far more attention is accorded the field these days by economists and sociologists. In fact most of the political scientists in Canada left in the field are members of the Canadian Health Economics Research Association (CHERA). It may be for this reason that the difference between the rhetoric and the reality of the recent wave of Conservative governments has not been clearly delineated.
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Manga, P., Weller, G.R. (1991). Health Policy under Conservative Governments in Canada. In: Altenstetter, C., Haywood, S.C. (eds) Comparative Health Policy and the New Right. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11777-2_8
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