Juliano A. S. Aragusuku, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), BrazilMarcelo Eduardo Alves da Silva, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), BrazilTonia Bieber, Freie Universität Berlin. Before, GermanyMercedes Botto, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), ArgentinaIvan Filipe de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), BrazilMarcelo de Almeida Medeiros, UFPE, BrazilElia Elisa Cia Alves, UFPE, BrazilAlma Espino, Centre for Development Studies (CIEDUR), UruguayStephen Clarkson, University of Toronto, CanadaMiriam Hartlapp, Leipzig University, GermanySteffen Hindelang, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyStephen Kingah, United Nations University, BelgiumMariely López-Santana, George Mason University, USADaniela Perrotta, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), ArgentinaPía Riggirozzi, University of Southampton, UKLuk Van Langenhove, United Nations University, BelgiumTullo Vigevani, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

• 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

Juliano A. S. Aragusuku, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), BrazilMarcelo Eduardo Alves da Silva, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), BrazilTonia Bieber, Freie Universität Berlin. Before, GermanyMercedes Botto, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), ArgentinaIvan Filipe de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), BrazilMarcelo de Almeida Medeiros, UFPE, BrazilElia Elisa Cia Alves, UFPE, BrazilAlma Espino, Centre for Development Studies (CIEDUR), UruguayStephen Clarkson, University of Toronto, CanadaMiriam Hartlapp, Leipzig University, GermanySteffen Hindelang, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyStephen Kingah, United Nations University, BelgiumMariely López-Santana, George Mason University, USADaniela Perrotta, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), ArgentinaPía Riggirozzi, University of Southampton, UKLuk Van Langenhove, United Nations University, BelgiumTullo Vigevani, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

• 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

Juliano A. S. Aragusuku, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), BrazilMarcelo Eduardo Alves da Silva, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), BrazilTonia Bieber, Freie Universität Berlin. Before, GermanyMercedes Botto, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), ArgentinaIvan Filipe de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), BrazilMarcelo de Almeida Medeiros, UFPE, BrazilElia Elisa Cia Alves, UFPE, BrazilAlma Espino, Centre for Development Studies (CIEDUR), UruguayStephen Clarkson, University of Toronto, CanadaMiriam Hartlapp, Leipzig University, GermanySteffen Hindelang, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyStephen Kingah, United Nations University, BelgiumMariely López-Santana, George Mason University, USADaniela Perrotta, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), ArgentinaPía Riggirozzi, University of Southampton, UKLuk Van Langenhove, United Nations University, BelgiumTullo Vigevani, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

• 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