Developing a Research Agenda for the Analysis of Product Supply: A Response to the Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

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1 School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

2 Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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We read the responses to our paper “How Neoliberalism Is Shaping the Supply of Unhealthy Commodities and What This Means for NCD Prevention”1 with great interest. The different disciplinary perspectives expanded and deepened our analysis of the relationship between neoliberalism and the supply of unhealthy commodities. Our effort to articulate the role of ideas, specifically the category of ideas associated with the neoliberal paradigm, and the relationship to institutions that in turn shape product supply, is to point to one aspect of the system that is often neglected, that of policy paradigms... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 9, Issue 12
December 2020
Pages 539-541

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  • Receive Date: 11 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 15 February 2020
  • First Publish Date: 01 December 2020

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