When politicians reshape public health agencies, scientists resist changes and, if possible, leave. Those shifts make it harder for agencies to fight future public health threats. This Element focuses on the tension between scientists and managerial control in the policy process, both conceptually and empirically. It centers on a failed attempt to reorganize the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because many of the gains in longevity and health quality result from the work of public health agencies, public health scientists and practitioners are the frontline producers of public health.
- ISBN13 9781108824101
- Publish Date 30 April 2022
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 75
- Language English