Obywatelstwo dla wszystkich? Polityka reformy systemu opieki zdrowotnej w Polsce
Citizenship for All? The Politics of Poland’s Health Care Change

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses health care change with respect to the transformation of the social order within Poland and transnationally. It considers the implications for health care equality and the understanding of citizenship, of health care reforms which constitute part of a context where new power asymmetries based on poverty and wealth are being formed. Drawing on qualitative research carried out in Nowa Huta, the paper shows how health care change has contributed to poverty and how the introduction of liberal democracy has been accompanied by a loss of health rights. The paper questions the language of citizenship which underpins the aspiration for health equality in the EU, and indicates the implications of the elision of the politico-economic effects of capitalism in citizenship discourse.

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