{"product_id":"healthcare-in-northern-ireland-1921-73-donnacha-sezan-lucey-9781526119803","title":"Healthcare in Northern Ireland, 1921-73: Politics, Policies and Management","description":"This book focuses on the policies, politics and management of health care in Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1973. It explores the development of Northern Irish health care from its highly localist and fragmented origins to the most centrally managed system within the National Health Service. At the core of this analysis is an exploration of the interest groups that were progenitors of change or, conversely, strongly resisted reform. The work looks at poor law, municipal and voluntary provision in the interwar years. The 1940s is focused on, including the experience of war and Northern Ireland's involuntary adoption of the welfare state. The discussion on the post-war decades assesses the relationship between health and politics. It also identifies how modernising technocratic and managerialist policies of the Terence O'Neill administration fragmented unionist health policy in the lead-up to the Troubles. Overall, this book offers original insights into Northern Irish health care, politics and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donnacha Seán Lucey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526119803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526119803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Donnacha Seán Lucey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425603174655,"sku":"9781526119803","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf767728-f932-4cb0-bdd4-a9eea352d78a.jpg?v=1761540352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/healthcare-in-northern-ireland-1921-73-donnacha-sezan-lucey-9781526119803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}