Regional Integration and Health Policies: Regulatory Governance Challenges in Mercosur

Bianculli, Andrea C.; Hoffmann, Andrea Ribeiro

doi:10.1057/9781137490353_12

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“…Studies published so far in relation to health dimension of regional integration are predominantly focused on either an individual organization (Bianculli and Hoffmann, 2016; Herrero and Tussie, 2015; Penfold and Fourie, 2015; Scott et al, 2019) or a specific integration space or geographic area (Buss and Tobar, 2018; Cruz, 2015; Kumaresan and Hujuiri, 2015; Nikogosian, 2017). Some other studies contain comparative reviews covering selected organizations (Amaya et al, 2015; Lamy and Phua, 2012; Langenhove and Kingah, 2016; Riggirozzi, 2015) and thematic issues (Amaya et al, 2019; Rollet, 2019).…”

Section: How Regional Integration Organizations Address Health?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Integration, Health Policy and Global Health

Nikogosian

2020

Global Policy

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Although regional integration processes are mainly shaped around trade, economic and security objectives, health does come into the picture as it has an interface with each of those domains. Yet, reviews of relationships between regional integration and global and public health have so far been confined to specific organizations, geographic areas and thematic issues. This article, in contrast, attempts a comprehensive cross-cutting analysis of such relationships on a worldwide basis. The article demonstrates and systematizes mechanisms by which regional integration organizations address various aspects of health services and population health. It also explores how such mechanisms, and regional integration processes in general, contribute to international health cooperation and global health. The article argues that the multidisciplinary landscape of regional integration amplifies opportunities for the multisectoral dimension ofand cross-sectoral coherence forpublic health policy to manifest and function. The author also argues that the health dimension of regional integration processes may serve an important component of the rapidly expanding space of governance for global health.

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Section: How Regional Integration Organizations Address Health?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Integration, Health Policy and Global Health

Nikogosian

2020

Global Policy

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“…As noted by Bianculli and Hoffmann (2016), the right to health did not appear in Argentina's constitutional framework until recently; full recognition happened simultaneously with structural reforms and decentralisation, which partially dismantled and questioned universal health provision. Argentina does have a universal health system that offers free treatment to both national and foreigners.…”

Section: Health Carementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yet Argentines residing in Paraguay and other MERCOSUR countries are affected by the fact this organization is essentially inter-governmental, and ministries of health differ significantly in competences, organisation, and funding which means that compromises are difficult to achieve and agreements are not always incorporated into domestic legal framework. Overall, because of the focus of MERCOSUR has been on disease control and epidemic prevention, the portability of health entitlements remains very underdeveloped (Bianculli and Hoffmann 2016). As a consequence, as noted by the Regional Manual on Migrants' Human Rights, whereas some South American countries have incorporated the right to health coverage in their national migration legislation, implementation issues, cost or requirement to present valid ID often prevent effective access (OIM/IPPDH 2017:101).…”

Section: Health Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Argentine Citizens Abroad

Margheritis

2020

IMISCOE Research Series

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Argentina has a relatively small diaspora and short experience engaging with it. This study explains the evolution of the institutional framework by which Argentina’s authorities interact with nationals abroad since early 2000s, with a specific focus on social protection. It shows that Argentina’s policies for citizens abroad have not institutionalised yet as a distinct and vibrant sphere of action and most initiatives have waxed and waned over time. As a result, Argentina’s lukewarm approach to diaspora engagement is characterised by ambivalence, intermittent and selective engagement, and relatively little development in terms of responding to social protection needs of nationals abroad. In the last few years, though, there has been an attempt to simplify bureaucratic procedures and improve services via virtual means. In particular, this chapter presents a detailed account of the policies, programmes and services offered by Argentine authorities across five specific policy areas: unemployment, health care, pensions, family-related benefits, and economic hardship. It shows that the area of social security and pensions is the most developed and that Argentines residing in MERCOSUR member states have benefited from the enactment of social and economic rights by regional accords.

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“…From a Latin American perspective, with the turn of the century, there has been a veritable explosion of scholarship on social policy provisions at the regional level. Analyses have empirically explored the governance of regional cooperation in issues like education (Botto, 2016; Gomes et al, 2012; Larrechea and Castro, 2009; Perrotta, 2016; Verger and Hermo, 2010), employment (Espino, 2016), health (Bianculli and Ribeiro Hoffmann, 2016a; Herrero and Tussie, 2015; Riggirozzi, 2012), and migration (Margheritis, 2013). Collectively, this work has broadened our understandings of the actors, institutions, and processes underlying regional organizations’ involvement in social policies beyond the EU, and its impact on regulation and development.…”

Section: What Do We Know About Regional Cooperation and Social Policimentioning

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From free market to social policies? Mapping regulatory cooperation in education and health in MERCOSUR

Bianculli

2018

Global Social Policy

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Regional cooperation has been an enduring feature of Latin American politics for more than half a century. With the turn of the century, regional organizations moved beyond traditional free trade issues to embrace cooperation in broader social policy areas. A recent literature relates this change to the left turn in the region, especially in South America. Yet, in practice, relevant differences persist in terms of how social policy is regulated at the regional level. This article looks precisely into this variation. In essence, it studies regulatory cooperation in the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) and thus offers a comparative assessment of the institutions and policy instruments devised in two social areas: education and health. Using an original dataset on the documents passed by MERCOSUR between 1991 and 2016, the findings provide evidence that the definition of the policy problem matters as this affects the institutional mechanisms and the policy instruments and strategies devised to address them. In this context, different policy problem definitions seem to account for two distinct emerging patterns of social regulatory cooperation in the Southern Cone.

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Regional Integration and Health Policies: Regulatory Governance Challenges in Mercosur

Cited by 10 publications

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Regional Integration, Health Policy and Global Health

Regional Integration, Health Policy and Global Health

Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Argentine Citizens Abroad

From free market to social policies? Mapping regulatory cooperation in education and health in MERCOSUR

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