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Calum Paton provides a timely and unique assessment of the political economy and politics of current health policy in order to explain the underlying causes of problems in the NHS. Debates from political theory, political economy and public administration are used to examine health policy made and implemented by New Labour since their victory in 1997. The author argues both that the fundamental nature of health policy is dependent upon the prevailing regime in political economy and also that 'policy overload', contradictions and confusion have rendered the task of coherent implementation very difficult. Although there is implicit comparison, the primary focus is England within the UK (post-devolution), and the book provides a detailed examination of contemporary health policy. Written by an established scholar in the field, the book will be of particular interest to academics, post-graduate students and professionals in health policy, social policy and politics.