Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Europe and Latin America: A Space for Social Citizenship?

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Regional Organizations and Social Policy: The Missing Link....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
How Parallel Lines Intersect: Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Regional Social Policies....Pages 25-45
Funding Social Policy at the Regional Level: The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and Social Policy in Bolivia....Pages 46-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Mercosur and the Struggle against Poverty....Pages 75-91
Regulating Social Policy in the EU and Mercosur: Patterns and Developments in Social Security and Related Areas....Pages 92-116
Regional and Domestic Responses to the Unemployment Problem in Europe: Reconfiguring the Architectures of Welfare States....Pages 117-138
Work and Employment in Mercosur from a Gender Perspective: Challenges and Public Policies....Pages 139-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Policy Diffusion and Higher Education Reforms: Between Market and State Regulation — Where Does Mercosur Stand?....Pages 165-184
Mercosur’s Regional Policies in Higher Education: The Diffusion of Accreditation and Quality Assurance Policies....Pages 185-205
The EU as a Norm Entrepreneur in Education Policy: An Analysis of the Diffusion of European Ideas and Policies....Pages 206-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Conditions for Effective Regional Social (Health) Policies: The EU and Unasur Compared....Pages 231-250
Regional Integration and Health Policies: Regulatory Governance Challenges in Mercosur....Pages 251-270
Regionalism and Health Policy in South America: Tackling Germs, Brokering Norms and Contesting Power....Pages 271-290
Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective....Pages 291-307
Back Matter....Pages 308-317