Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University.Gregory P. Marchildon is a professor emeritus at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and the founding director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.Michael J. Prince is the Lansdowne professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Understanding UniversalityDANIEL BÉLAND, GREGORY P. MARCHILDON, AND MICHAEL J. PRINCE1 Placing Universality in Canadian Social Policy and PoliticsMICHAEL J. PRINCE2 Equalization and the Fiscal Foundation of UniversalityP.E. BRYDEN3 The Single-Tier Universality of Canadian MedicareGREGORY P. MARCHILDON4 Elementary and Secondary Education: The First Universal Social Program in CanadaJENNIFER WALLNER AND GREGORY P. MARCHILDON5 From Family Allowances to the Struggle for Universal Childcare in CanadaRIANNE MAHON WITH MICHAEL J. PRINCE6 Universality and the Erosion of Old Age SecurityDANIEL BÉLAND AND PATRIK MARIER7 Common Differences: The Universalism of Disability and Unevenness of Public PolicyMICHAEL J. PRINCE8 Segmented Citizenship: Indigenous Peoples and the Limits of UniversalityMARTIN PAPILLON9 Universality and Immigration: Differential Access to Social Programs and Societal InclusionTRACY SMITH-CARRIER10 Universality and Social Policy in the United KingdomALEX WADDAN AND DANIEL BÉLAND11 Universal Social Policy in SwedenPAULA BLOMQVIST AND DANIEL BÉLANDConclusion: Resiliencies, Paradoxes, and LessonsGREGORY P. MARCHILDON, DANIEL BÉLAND, AND MICHAEL J. PRINCEList of ContributorsIndex