Editor's Note

Mark A. Peterson

Insurance Coverage and the States
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 173-176 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-173 [PDF] [References]  

Articles

Howard Leichter

Ethnic Politics, Policy Fragmentation, and Dependent Health Care Access in California
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 177-202 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-177 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Thomas R. Oliver

Holding Back the Tide: Policies to Preserve and Reconstruct Health Insurance Coverage in Maryland
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 203-236 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-203 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Howard Leichter

Obstacles to Dependent Health Care Access in Oregon: Health Insurance or Health Care?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 237-268 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-237 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Michael S. Sparer

States and the Politics of Incrementalism: Health Policy in Wisconsin during the 1990s
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 269-292 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-269 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Commentaries

Glenn Beamer

State Health Care Reform Politics and the Unfortunate End of the 1990s
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 293-304 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-293 [PDF] [References]  

Christopher Stream

State Efforts to Expand Health Coverage: One Bite at a Time
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 305-312 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-305 [PDF] [References]  

Books

Alina Gildiner

Politics Dressed as Science: Two Think Tanks on Environmental Regulation and Health
Laura Jones, ed. Safe Enough? Managing Risk and Regulation. Vancouver, BC: Fraser Institute, 2000. 279 pp. $19.95CDN cloth; S. Robert Lichter and Stanley Rothman. Environmental Cancer—APolitical Disease? New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. 256 pp. $40.00 cloth; $19.00 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 313-322 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-313 [PDF] [References]  

Barry G. Rabe

From Love Canal to Environmental Justice: The Politics of Hazardous Waste on the Canada-U.S. Border
Thomas H. Fletcher. From Love Canal to Environmental Justice: The Politics of Hazardous Waste on the Canada-U.S. Border. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview, 2003. 239 pp. $19.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 322-325 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-322 [PDF]  

Wendy E. Parmet

Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown
Nayan Shah. Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. 384 pp. $50.00 cloth; 19.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 326-329 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-326 [PDF] [References]  

Conevery Bolton Valencius

Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850–1940
Emily K. Abel. Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850–1940. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000. 336 pp. $53.00 cloth; $ 20.50 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 330-334 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-330 [PDF]  

Books Received

Books Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 335-338 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-335 [PDF]  

News and Notes

Christopher J. Conover

News and Notes
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 339-340 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-339 [PDF]  

News from Affiliated Organizations

News from Affiliated Organizations
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 341-342 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-341 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 343-345 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-2-343 [PDF]  

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