Power, Politics and Pharmaceuticals
Contributors: Orla O'Donovan (Editor); Kathy Glavanis-Grantham (Editor)
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: October 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781859184196
Subjects: Central government policies; Pharmaceutical industries; Social Science; Sociology; Ireland; General; Social Science / General; Drugs; Law and legislation; Pharmaceutical industry
Description: By showing how the analysis of pharmaceutical drug regulation can provide rich insights into the operation of power and politics in contemporary society, this book challenges the prevailing construction of drug regulation as a sphere of 'policy without politics' and aims to contribute to better ways of regulating medicines.