Towards Universal Health Care in Emerging Economies : Opportunities and Challenges /: Opportunities and Challenges. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ilcheong Yi, editor.
• Editors: Yi, Ilcheong, 1966-
• Other Names: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, sponsoring body.
• Contents: 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 d́Ávila 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.1091724; Economics; Medical policy -- Developing countries; Health care reform -- Developing countries; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Health care reform; Medical policy; Economics; Social Policy; Economic Policy; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice; Health Care Management; Public Health; Health Policy; Health Care Reform; Health Services Accessibility; Developing Countries; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Theory; Medical -- Administration; Medical -- Public Health; Political economy; Economic theory & philosophy; Health economics; Public health & preventive medicine; Management science; Social policy; Economic policy; Welfare economics; Health care management; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Developing countries; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137533777; 1137533773
• Related ISBNs: 9781137533760; 1137533765
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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