Towards Universal Health Care in Emerging Economies

1. Introduction: The Universalization of Health Care in Emerging Economies; Ilcheong Yi, Elizabeth Koechlein and Armando de Negri Filho.- Part I: Analysing 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 and 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 da Silva and Ilcheong Yi.- 8. What Kind of Welfare State is Emerging in China?; Stein Ringen and Kinglun Ngok.- 9. China's Universal Health Care Coverage; William Hsiao, Mingqiang Li and 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 and 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 and Athia Yumna.