Health And Citizenship: Political Cultures Of Health In Modern Europe Political Cultures Of Health In Modern Europe

Following the Second World War, health was defined by a number of international organizations as a universal human right. It was this fundamental principle that led to the development of modern-day systems of collective funding, and health is now at the top of the global political agenda. The essays in this collection contain a wealth of empirical and analytical information. Contributors look at issues of health and citizenship in Europe across two centuries, and examine the extent to which the state can interfere with the private lives of its citizens, the role of individual responsibility and if any boundary occurs in terms of what the state can realistically provide. It will appeal to those interested in the history of medicine, in political science and the burgeoning field of health policy. The Politics Of Health And Citizenship : Historical And Contemporary Perspectives / Harry Oosterhuis And Frank Huisman -- Before L'État-providence : Health And Liberal Citizenship In Revolutionary And Post-revolutionary France / Matthew Ramsey -- An Oyster Odyssey : Science, State And Commerce In England, 1895-1905 / Anne Hardy -- Monopoly Or Freedom Of Healing? : The Role Of Medicine In A Modernizing Society / Frank Huisman -- Ambivalences Of Liberal Health Policy : Lebensreform And Self-help Medicine In Belgium, 1890-1914 / Evert Peeters And Kaat Wils -- The Right To Health And Social Citizenship In Germany, 1848-1918 / Larry Frohman -- From Tobacco In The War To The War On Tobacco : Smoking In Britain And Germany From C. 1900 To 1945 / Rosemary Elliot -- Mental Health And Civic Virtue : Psychiatry, Self-development And Citizenship In The Netherlands, 1870-2005 / Harry Oosterhuis -- Neo-republican Citizenship And The British National Health Service Since 1979 / Martin Powell -- Struggling With Science And Democracy : Public Health And Citizenship In The Netherlands / Klasien Horstman -- Underwriting Citizenship : The Introduction Of Predictive Medicine In Private Insurance / Ine Van Hoyweghen. Edited By Frank Huisman And Harry Oosterhuis. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 227-266) And Index. This collection of essays looks at issues of health and citizenship in Europe across two centuries. Contributors examine the extent to which the state can interfere with the private lives of its citizens, the role of individual responsibility and if any boundary occurs in terms of what the state can realistically provide.