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Explaining the Passage of Universal Healthcare in Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12847997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Harris (0000-0002-7458-6580, corresponding author), Joel Selway (0000-0002-2754-0408) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-119 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of East Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1598-2408 • E-ISSN: 2234-6643 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/jea.2019.42 |
| OpenAlex | W3010052871 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 35 |
What explains the passage of Thailand's landmark universal healthcare (UHC) policy? In separate contributions, Selway and Harris emphasized the role of electoral rules and political parties, on one hand, and “professional movements” of developmentally minded state bureaucrats on the other. Which is correct? In this article, Selway and Harris respond to each other's work. While Selway agrees that the actions of the professional movement constitute an underappreciated necessary condition for universal healthcare in Thailand, he argues that Harris overstates the role of the movement in implementation. Harris defends his position and maintains that an institution-focused account is insufficient, arguing that the actions of Thailand's Rural Doctors’ Movement not only explain universal healthcare but also gave rise to the very electoral rule changes that Selway argues were so critical to facilitating universal coverage. Selway responds to these criticisms, and the two researchers jointly consider implications for causation, qualitative research, and policymaking theory
Bureaucracy · Causation · Economics · Health care · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Sociology · State (computer science · Work (physics · Asian Studies and History · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
The Workers` Party and Democratization in Brazil
The Rise of Professionalism
Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies
Thailand
The System of Professions
Home Style
Rethinking Social Inquiry
The Rise of Professionalism
Democratizing Health Care
Coalitions of the Well-being
Bringing the State Back In
“Professional Movements” and the Expansion of Access to Healthcare in the Industrializing World
Balancing the Checks
Party Fabrication
Evolving Toward What? Parties, Factions, and Coalition Behavior in Thailand Today
The Rise and Fall of Electoral Violence in Thailand
Change and Continuity in the Thai Political Party System
Variations on a Theme
Electoral Reform and Public Policy Outcomes in Thailand
When Effect Becomes Cause
Introduction
Network monarchy and legitimacy crises in Thailand
The political economy of primary health care in Southeast Asia
Who Governs? Autonomous Political Networks as a Challenge to Power in Thailand
Achieving Access
Bankers and Bureaucrats
Political Change in Thailand
The Workers' Party and Democratization in Brazil
Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970
Resource Mobilization and Social Movements
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |