The aim of this paper is to investigate mobilization of actors around a common issue and the
ensuing institutional and network changes. The issue and problem (in our case, a disease) …

The central undertaking in this thesis is to explore the explanatory power of the concept of
policy networks. The main question is whether there is a relation between the structural …

This study explores the system of intermediate organizations in Dutch health care as the
crucial system to understand health care policy-making in the Netherlands. We argue that …

This paper discusses the coordination of change in healthcare networks. Drawing from
research on the marketization of the Finnish healthcare system, we present that a) there is a …

Health and well-being are the result of a series of complex processes in which an individual
interacts with other people and the environment. A systematic approach ensures …

Improving public health requires multiple intervention strategies. Implementing such an
intervention mix is supposed to require a multisectoral policy network. As evidence to …

Based on the analysis of the Medical and Public Health Research Programme (Commission
of the European Communities), the paper shows how new scientific communities are …

The thesis of this chapter is that the Health in All Policy innovation process is only complete
when national intentions have linked up with, and made a change to,'practice'at the local …

In the fight against the Covid-19 virus, France and Sweden stood at opposing ends along a
continuum: one country went for lockdowns; the other relied on voluntary measures. Both …

If most decision-making processes aimed at solving societal problems have a network-like
character, then a key question is how to deal with networks so that they can achieve …