Regional organizations and social policy in Europe and Latin America : a space for social citizenship?

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Regional organizations and social policy in Europe and Latin America : a space for social citizenship?

edited by Andrea C. Bianculli, Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann

(Development, justice and citizenship / series editor, Jean Grugel)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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"The series is inspired by the research approach of the new University of Sheffield flagship research centre, the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID) ..."--P. facing t.p

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The contributors assess to what extent regional organizations in Europe and Latin America provide a space for the regulation and provision of social policies in the area of social protection, higher education and health. They analyse the impact of regional organizations on social citizenship following political struggle and contestation.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction: Regional Organizations and Social Policy, the Missing Link
  • Andrea C. Bianculli and Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING SOCIAL POLICY IN REGIONAL GOVERNANCE: TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS, STRUCTURAL FUNDS AND DEVELOPMENT BANKS. 2. How Parallel Lines Intersect: Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Regional Social Policies
  • Stephen Clarkson and Steffen Hindelang 3. Funding Social Policy at the Regional Level: The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and Social Policy in Bolivia
  • Marcelo de Almeida Medeiros, Elia Elisa Cia Alves, Ivan Filipe Fernandes and Marcelo Eduardo Alves da Silva PART II: REGIONAL NORMS AND POLICIES IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL PROTECTION 4. Mercosur and the Struggle against Poverty
  • Tullo Vigevani and Juliano A. S. Aragusuku 5. Regulating Social Policy in EU and Mercosur: Patterns and Developments in Social Security and Related Areas
  • Miriam Hartlapp 6. Regional and Domestic Responses to the Unemployment Problem in Europe: Reconfiguring the Architectures of Welfare States
  • Mariely Lopez Santana 7. Work and Employment in Mercosur from a Gender Perspective: Challenges and Public Policies
  • Alma Espino PART III: REGIONAL NORMS AND POLICIES IN THE AREA OF EDUCATION 8. Policy Diffusion and Higher Education Reforms. Between market and state regulation: Where does Mercosur stand?
  • Mercedes Botto 9. Mercosur's Regional Policies in Higher Education: the Diffusion of Accreditation and Quality Assurance Policies
  • Daniela Perrotta 10. The EU as a Norm Entrepreneur in Education Policy. An Analysis of the Diffusion of European Ideas and Policies
  • Tonia Bieber PART IV: REGIONAL NORMS AND POLICIES IN THE AREA OF HEALTH 11. Conditions for Effective Regional Social (Health) Policies: The EU and Unasur compared
  • Luk van Langenhove and Stephen Kingah 12. Regional Diffusion of Social Policies and Regional Organizations: The Role of Mercosur in South American Health Governance
  • Andrea C. Bianculli and Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann 13. Regionalism and Health Policy in South America: Tackling Germs, Brokering Norms and Contesting Power
  • Pia Riggirozzi 14. Regional organizations and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective
  • Andrea C. Bianculli and Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann

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