The Politics of Health Promotion

Reviews / Votes

"Dr Godziewski has written the definitive account of public health politics in the European Union. It provides state-of-the art research on EU governance and explains the limited progress of international efforts to promote Health in All Policies."

- Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling

"Charlotte Godziewski's insightful analysis of Health in All Policies in the EU brings up the limits, potential, and challenges of applying the approach in the European governance space. In doing she so brings us an excellent and more widely needed analysis on political economy and theorization of power, making it an essential reading and important addition for literature not only on health policy, public health and health promotion, but as well as for wider European studies."

- Meri Koivusalo, Professor of Global Health and Development, Tampere University

The timing of this book could not be better, with health and wellbeing high on political agendas around the world. However, critical debates surrounding the role of the EU in public health policy predate the pandemic and will continue to have lasting significance. This book skilfully analyses the EU's role in health protection and promotion, focusing on the power dynamics in EU governance and the epistemological tensions in the field of public health. It draws attention to the connections between public health problems and the underlying political determinants of inequity and precarity and thus the need for a holistic and normative approach to health and wellbeing. The book is thoughtful, provocative, and immaculately assembled. It provides not only a valuable contribution to scholarship on both EU governance and public health, but also to practical debates on how to take forward the health and wellbeing agenda most effectively.

- Ian Bache FAcSS, Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield