Powell M, Moon G
Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Health Soc Care Community. 2001 Jan;9(1):43-50. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2001.00278.x.
The notion of the action zone has emerged as a key feature of New Labour's approach to social policy. There is some debate about whether Labour's area-based policies reflect the Old Left, the New Right or the "third way". This paper critically examines these issues for Health Action Zones (HAZs). First, it outlines the development of HAZs and their main features. It then examines the themes that may have underpinned the HAZ strategy. Finally it examines critiques of HAZs in the light of wider debates about area-based strategies. It is concluded that HAZs fit well with some of New Labour's key themes, and may have some characteristics of a third way in that they incorporate features of both the "Old Left" of the Black Report and the New Right of competitive, bidding exercises. Moreover, they have addressed some of the main criticisms of earlier area-based policies, arguably being based on place rather than people poverty. However, some of the issues regarding their designation illustrate unresolved problems.
行动区的概念已成为新工党社会政策方针的一个关键特征。关于工党基于地区的政策是反映了老左派、新右派还是“第三条道路”，存在一些争论。本文对健康行动区（HAZs）的这些问题进行了批判性审视。首先，概述了健康行动区的发展及其主要特征。接着考察了可能支撑健康行动区战略的主题。最后，根据关于基于地区战略的更广泛辩论，审视了对健康行动区的批评。得出的结论是，健康行动区与新工党一些关键主题契合良好，并且可能具有第三条道路的某些特征，因为它们融合了《布莱克报告》中“老左派”以及竞争性投标活动新右派的特征。此外，它们回应了早期基于地区政策的一些主要批评，可谓是基于地域而非人群贫困。然而，关于其指定的一些问题表明仍存在未解决的难题。
