Purpose – The paper aims to account for the substance of non‐linear governance change by analysing the importance of sector‐specific institutions and the pathways of governing they create. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis uses recent reforms of the governance of medical...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the patient comes to be seen as a solution to governance problems. Design/methodology/approach The paper studies health policy discourse in Denmark from 1970 to 2000. Based on an analysis of national policy documents, the paper traces how the...