Regionalism through social policy: collective action and health diplomacy in South America
2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 43; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03085147.2014.881598
ISSN1469-5766
Autores Tópico(s)Global Maternal and Child Health
ResumoAbstractThis paper is concerned with the place of social policy as a driver of region building in South America. The contention is that while much has been written about economic integration, institutions and security communities in regionalism, a discussion of the significance of other regional projects has lagged behind. Social policy, particularly in the Americas, has been neglected as a policy domain in the account of regionalism. Changes in the political economy of Latin America in the last decade suggest that we need to engage afresh with regional governance and social policy formation in the Americas. By looking at the institutions, resources and policy action in the area of health within the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) this paper reconnects regionalism and social policy and explores two interrelated, yet largely unexplored, issues: the linkages between regional integration and social development beyond the historical hub of trade and finance; and the capacity of UNASUR to enable new policies for collective action in support of social development goals in the region, and to act as a broker of rights-based demands in global health governance. In so doing, the paper contributes towards a more nuanced understanding of regionalism and regionalization as alternative forms of regional governance.Keywords: regional social policyregionalismregionalizationregional health diplomacyUNASURpost-trade regional governance Note on contributorPía Riggirozzi is Associate Professor at the University of Southampton. Her research focuses on political economy of development and regionalism, with an interest in the Americas. She is the author of Advancing governance in the South: What roles for IFIs in developing states? (Palgrave, 2009), 'Region, regionness and regionalism in Latin America: Towards a new synthesis' (New Political Economy 17(4), 2012), The rise of post-hegemonic regionalism: The case of Latin America (edited with D. Tussie, Springer, 2012) and 'Post-neoliberalism in Latin America: Rebuilding and reclaiming the state after crisis' (with J. Grugel, Development and Change 43(1), Citation2012). She is currently engaged in a collaborative ESRC-DFID funded project that explores regional integration processes and poverty reduction in the South.Notes1 Cuzco Declaration. Available at www.comunidadandina.org/ingles/documentos/documents/cusco8–12–04.htm (accessed 28 March 2013).2 ALBA consists of Venezuela, Honduras, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador, Dominica, Antigua y Barbuda, and San Vicente.3 UNASUR Constitutive Treaty. Available at http://www.unasursg.org/uploads/0c/c7/0cc721468628d65c3c510a577e54519d/Tratado-constitutivo-english-version.pdf (accessed 28 March 2013).4 For information about ISAGS, see http://isags-unasul.org/site/sobre/?lang = es (accessed 2 April 2012).
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