Institutional fragmentation and Scandinavian childcare variations

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Institutional fragmentation is usually assumed to influence social policy outcomes in countries with constitutional features such as federalism and divided government, but not in unitary and parliamentary states. The example of childcare politics in the Scandinavian countries suggests that institutional fragmentation and veto points also can play a significant role in unitary and parliamentary systems.

Scandinavia, Administration of Public Health Programs, Family Planning & Child Care, Child care, Social policy, Child care services

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A policy network explanation of biotechnology policy differences between the United States and Canada

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A policy networks explain the difference that Canada has a more restrictive biotechnology policy than the United States. American networks have promoted beliefs favorable to more permissive regulatory preferences than the Canadian environmental and health risk assessment networks and American biotechnology policies are therefore even more permissive than those of Canada.

United States, Canada, Drugs, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Science and technology policy, Biological research, Biology, Experimental

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Do political factors matter for health care expenditure? A comparative study of Swiss cantons

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An empirical investigation of differences in health care expenditure between the 26 federal entities of Switzerland in the 1990s is described. Demand and supply related factors and political determinants are assessed together with the usual indicators on the basis of a cross-sectional analysis of both public and private health care spending.

Switzerland, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Health policy

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