Patrick Fafard is Professor in the Faculties of Social Science and Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also Senior Investigator at the Global Strategy Lab, York University, Canada.

Adèle Cassola is Research Director at the Global Strategy Lab, York University, Canada.

Evelyne de Leeuw is Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia

Utilizes the tools of political science research to analyse the field of public health

Establishes the benefits and methodologies of public health political science as a field

Brings together scholars working in political science, public administration, public policy, and public health

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Part I. Conceptual Introduction.- Chapter 1. Public health political science: The view from public health Anita Kothari.- Chapter 2. Public health political science: The view from political science Scott Greer.- Chapter 3. Political science for, of, and with public health Patrick Fafard, Isaac Weldon and Adèle Cassola.- Part II. Democratising Evidence and Institutionalizing Expertise.- Chapter 4. Mechanisms to bridge the gap between science and politics in evidence-informed policymaking Adèle Cassola, Patrick Fafard and Steven J. Hoffman.- Chapter 5. How policy appetites shape, and are shaped by evidence production and use Kathryn Oliver.- Chapter 6. Democratizing efforts to 'bridge' public health research and policy Kat Smith.- Part III. Reconciling Evidence and Politics in National and Local Policymaking.- Chapter 7. How corporate actors shape and mobilise evidence for policy: The case of e-cigarettes policy in the UK Benjamin R. Hawkins & Kathryn Oliver.- Chapter 8. The politics of pandemics Katherine Fierlbeck, Kevin McNamara, and Maureen MacDonald.- Chapter 9. Council collects the evidence garbage and deposits it into policy landfill Evelyne de Leeuw.- Chapter 10. Sidestepping the stalemate: The strategies of public health actors for circulating evidence into the policy process Carole Clavier, France Gagnon and Blake Poland.- Chapter 11. The politics of evidence-based 'Health in All Policies' Paul Cairney, Emily St Denny and Heather Mitchell.- Chapter 12. Developing a policy framework to reduce social inequities in health: (Moving beyond HiAP) Ditte Heering Holt & Katherine Frohlich.- Conclusion. Integrating science and politics for public health Patrick Fafard, Evelyne de Leeuw and Adèle Cassola.