Introduction: the universalization of health care in emerging economies / Ilcheong Yi, Elizabeth Koechlein and Armando de Negri Filho -- Pt. 1. Analyzing common pressures and drivers social policy responses ; The continuing enigmas of social policy / Ben Fine ; Universalism and health: the battle of ideas / Susanne MacGregor -- pt. 2. Moving towards universal health care: opportunities and challenges ; The politics of health care reform in Thailand / Erik Martinez Kuhonta ; The impact of universalization: a case study on Thailand's social protection and universal health coverage / Prapaporn Tivayanond Mongkhonvanit and Piya Hanvoravongchai ; Political and institutional drivers of social security universalization in Brazil / Marcus Andre Melo ; What kind of welfare state is emerging in China? / Stein Ringen and Kinglun Ngok ; China's universal health care coverage / William Hsaio, Mingqiang Li and Shufang Zhang -- pt. 3. Obstacles to moving towards universal health care ; Constraints on universal health care in the Russan Federation : inequality, informality and the failures of mandatory health insurance reforms / Linda J. Cook ; The fragmented social protection system in India : five key rights but two missing / Santosh Mehrotra, Neha Kumra and Ankita Ghandi ; The drivers of univeral health care in South Africa : the role of ideas, actora and instutions / Rebecca Surender ; Social policy in Venezuela: bucking neoliberalism or unsustainable clientelism? / Julia Buxton ; Expanding social security in Indonesia: the current processes and challenges / Asep Suryahadi, Vita Febriany and Athia Yumma

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