17Jul 2014
Preliminary announcement and CFP, Conference on Health Policy, Kyoto, Japan, Novermber 2014
00:27 - By Hal Colebatch - Events
Given their diverse and diversifying populations, Asian countries encounter political and policy challenges. Diverse policies and the politics of diversity can be addressed in various contexts including differences in size and composition of populations, changes of régime, movements of people, multiculturalism, strategies for delivering services and raising revenue Health policymakers are challenged to devise appropriate arrangements for financing and providing health care services as well as collective public health.
On 28-29 November 2014, Ritsumeikan University’s Institute of Human Services will host a conference on “Health Policy and Politics in Asia’s Diversifying Societies” in cooperation with the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Comparative Health Policy (IPSA RC25). The conference will address the issues and facilitate communication among social scientists in Asia and across the world. Papers featuring any of the following topics are welcome: • Cross-national comparisons with different degrees of cultural diversity • Analytical papers on policies and politics about diversity in any dimension • Multiculturalism, health policy and politics • Strategies for delivering health services: targeting versus universality • Comparative perspectives on ethnic minorities, youth, the elderly, maternal and child care, prison population.
Call for conference papers: Health Policy and Politics Diversifying Societies: Asian and Global Issues, Kyoto 28-29 November 2014
Dates: 28 and 29 November 2014 (Friday & Saturday) Venue: Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eng/common/img/data/access-map-kinugasa.pdf Registration fee: yet to be determined Travel/accommodation: Participants must arrange and pay their own travel and lodgings. Limited amount of subsidies may be available to selected participants from lower income countries. Details on them will be announced when the notification of accepted papers will be released. Contact E-mail: mestra.transis@gmail.com Deadlines: 01 September – submission of abstracts of proposed papers 01 October – notification of accepted papers 01 November – payment of registration fee (if necessary) 15 November – submission of draft papers for presentation Ritsumeikan University is a research university with over twenty academic departments in the natural and social sciences. Its Institute of Human Sciences is a multi-disciplinary research center whose researchers have backgrounds of psychology, sociology, political science and social services. (http://www.ritsumeihuman.com/en/)