Power to the Partners?: the politics of public-private health partnerships
Buse, K.; Harmer, A.
Development 47(2): 49-56
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1011-6370 Document Number: 528872
Ken Buse and Andrew Harmer review the political dimensions of global public–private health partnerships through the 'three faces of power' lens. They attempt to answer the questions: who has power; how is power exercised; and on what basis? Evidence, although scant, suggests that a northern elite wields power through its domination of governing bodies and also through a discourse which inhibits critical analysis of partnership while imbuing partnership with legitimacy and authority.