{"product_id":"distributed-democracy-health-care-governance-in-ontario-hardback-9781487507251","title":"Distributed Democracy; Health Care Governance in Ontario (Hardback) 9781487507251","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDistributed Democracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHealth Care Governance in Ontario\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarey Doberstein (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487507251\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages, 8 figures\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe governance of health care in Ontario has long provided opportunities for citizens and stakeholders to participate, deliberate, and influence health care policy and investment decisions. Yet, despite providing opportunities for deliberation and influence amongst citizens, we don\u0026amp;#x2019;t know how democratic the system actually is.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDistributed Democracy \u003c\/i\u003eadvances an original analytical framework to guide an investigation of democracy and accountability relationships in complex policy making environments. Applying the analytical framework in the context of health care governance in Ontario from 2004–2019, Carey Doberstein shows that the popular criticisms of health care governance in Ontario are misplaced. The democratic system of local health care governance is often plagued by severed connections among the various layers of deliberation and policy-making. An incisive analysis with considerable relevance for policy-makers and across academic disciplines, \u003ci\u003eDistributed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDemocracy \u003c\/i\u003emakes an important contribution to our understanding of policy development and decision-making as well as the limitations and potential of distributed democratic accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eList of Acronyms \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction \u003cbr\u003e2. The Democratic Arenas Framework \u003cbr\u003e3. The Evolution of Health Care Governance in Ontario \u003cbr\u003e4. Procedural Decision-Making Bodies that Enable and Constrain LHINs \u003cbr\u003e5. LHINs as Mandated Decision-Making Sites \u003cbr\u003e6. LHIN Advisory Committees and Public Engagement \u003cbr\u003e7. A Democratic Arenas Analysis of LHINs \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences \u003cbr\u003eEnd Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595481444632,"sku":"9781487507251","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/distributed-democracy-health-care-governance-in-ontario-hardback-9781487507251","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}