Towards Universal Health Care in Emerging Economies

1. Introduction: The Universalization of Health Care in Emerging Economies
Ilcheong Yi, Elizabeth Koechlein, Armando Negri Filho

Part I. Analyzing Common Pressures and Diverse Social Policy Responses

2. The Continuing Enigmas of Social Policy
Ben Fine

3. Universalism and Health: The Battle of Ideas
Susanne MacGregor

Part II. Moving Towards Universal Health Care: Opportunities and Challenges

4. The Politics of Health Care Reform in Thailand
Erik Martinez Kuhonta

5. The Impacts of Universalization: A Case Study on Thailand’s Social Protection and Universal Health Coverage
Prapaporn Tivayanond Mongkhonvanit, Piya Hanvoravongchai

6. Political and Institutional Drivers of Social Security Universalization in Brazil
Marcus André Melo

7. Universalizing Health Care in Brazil: Opportunities and Challenges
Ana Luiza d’Ávila Viana, Hudson Pacífico Silva, Ilcheong Yi

8. What Kind of Welfare State Is Emerging in China?
Stein Ringen, Kinglun Ngok

9. China’s Universal Health Care Coverage
William Hsiao, Mingqiang Li, Shufang Zhang

Part III. Obstacles to Moving Towards Universal Health Care

10. Constraints on Universal Health Care in the Russian Federation: Inequality, Informality and the Failures of Mandatory Health Insurance Reforms
Linda J. Cook

11. The Fragmented Social Protection System in India: Five Key Rights but Two Missing
Santosh Mehrotra, Neha Kumra, Ankita Gandhi

12. The Drivers of Universal Health Care in South Africa: The Role of Ideas, Actors and Institutions
Rebecca Surender

13. Social Policy in Venezuela: Bucking Neoliberalism or Unsustainable Clientelism?
Julia Buxton

14. Expanding Social Security in Indonesia: The Current Processes and Challenges
Asep Suryahadi, Vita Febriany, Athia Yumna

Keywords: Economics, Social Policy, Economic Policy, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice, Health Care Management, Public Health