Main description:

Much has been written about policy efforts to achieve 'Health in All Policies': an ambitious attempt to improve population health and reduce health inequalities by ensuring multiple policy areas are more attuned to their health impacts. However, most accounts focus on technical challenges, such as implementing impact assessments. In contrast, and focusing on the European Union, this book argues that 'Health in All Policies' is essentially a political project shaped by institutional power, competing ideas, and discourses. We can only really understand the failure to realise its ambition through political analysis.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: What is 'Health in All Policies'?.- Chapter 3: Where is 'health' in EU governance?.- Chapter 4: How can we research 'Health in All Policies' in the EU?.- Chapter 5: Setting the scene: Are EU institutions 'HiAP-friendly'?.- Chapter 6: Going deeper: Is it about more than institutions?.- Chapter 7: Shifting focus: Why did 'Health in All Policies' still reach the EU?.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.