Policy as Experimentation
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English Abstract: The article starts with puzzlement about the optimism of a new generation (Indian) policy-makers who believe that investing in digitally managed publicly funded health insurance (PFHI) schemes can dramatically improve security India, provide poor people seamless access to high-quality hospital care and contribute significantly towards achieving universal coverage. In view persistent high social inequality dissatisfaction chronically underfunded medical system, this optimistic vision appears as curious utopia, not least because it survives multiple failures heavy critique. Fine-grained ethnography shows practice ambitious transformation finance, via operation national insurances projects, was slow be established plagued by myriad technical administrative frictions, its impact on wellbeing sustainability has been heavily contested. By zooming into nitty-gritty laborious roll-out project features, illustrates hope for emerges less from successful implementation than determination keep trying – seeking improvement through tweaking system reforming policy. Welfare iteration is an experimental engagement future-making. As such, does promise effective management per se ; rather, demands investment uncertain journey, cobbled together tinkering, adjusting, re-regulating. French Cet commence par une certaine perplexité face à l’optimisme d’une nouvelle génération de décideurs politiques qui pensent qu’investir dans des régimes d’assurance maladie fimancement public gérés numériquement peut améliorer considérablement la sécurité sanitaire en Inde, offrir aux pauvres un accès transparent soins hospitaliers qualité, et contribuer manière significative réalisation couverture universelle (CSU). Comptetenu persistance fortes inégalités sociales du mécontentement l’égard système médical chroniquement sous-financé, cette optimiste apparaît comme curieuse utopie, notamment parce qu’elle survit multiples échecs lourdes critiques. Une ethnographie fine montre que, pratique, ambitieuse financement santé été lente mettre place, proie myriade frictions techniques que son sur le bien-être durabilité fortement contesté. En s’attardant les détails déploiement laborieux d’un projet caractéristiques radicalement nouvelles, l’article l’espoir naît moins mise œuvre réussie détermination continuer d’essayer cherchant réformer politique. L’aide sociale, itération, est expérimental construction l’avenir. tant quetel, il ne promet pas gestion efficace soi; exige plutôt investissement voyage incertain, bricolé bricolant, ajustant réformant.
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Anthropology
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0964-0282', '1469-8676']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/saas.2022.300206