UNASUR: construcci贸n de una diplomacia regional en materia de salud a trav茅s de pol铆ticas sociales, or UNASUR: building a regional health diplomacy with social policies
Abstract
(Spanish summary below) \"UNASUR: building a regional health diplomacy with social policies, Estudios Internacionales (2015) 181 29-50\" Poverty reduction and access to better conditions of wellbeing, including recognition of rights, are persisting challenges in developing countries and their populations. In recent years, the terms of regionalism in South America have been redefined to embrace new objectives and practices beyond economic integration. Since the inception of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), health became a 바카라 사이트榣ocus for integration바카라 사이트�, creating a new framework for formal integration in this policy area. The significance of regional health governance has, therefore, to be seen in the process of region-building but also as new practices projected externally through 바카라 사이트榬egional health diplomacy바카라 사이트�. From this perspective, the region can be considered both as a 바카라 사이트榮pace for policy practice바카라 사이트� and as an 바카라 사이트榓ctor바카라 사이트�. This paper explores UNASUR바카라 사이트檚 health diplomacy policies and politics within the region and vis-脿-vis external actors in relation to access to medicine and rights to health. It is argued that new policies and the negotiation of regional health policies are redefining what region is and is for, and the synergies between regionalism and social development. [Spanish] La lucha contra la pobreza y el acceso a mejores condiciones de vida, incluido el reconocimiento de derechos, son desaf铆os persistentes que afectan de manera desproporcionada a los pa铆ses en desarrollo y sus poblaciones m谩s vulnerables. Al mismo tiempo, la integraci贸n regional en Am茅rica Latina hoy representa un conglomerado de proyectos que no solo aborda temas comerciales, sino tambi茅n pol铆ticos y sociales, articulados alrededor de nuevos objetivos y pr谩cticas, basados en solidaridad y autonom铆a. Esto se ha manifestado particularmente en el 谩rea de salud, donde 바카라 사이트揵ajo la coordinaci贸n de UNASUR바카라 사이트�, una innovadora estructura institucional lidera programas, recursos y pol铆ticas para mejorar el acceso a la salud en la regi贸n y, mediante una nueva 바카라 사이트渄iplomacia regional바카라 사이트�, la posici贸n frente a actores internacionales en materia de acceso a medicamentos y derecho a la salud. Este art铆culo explora UNASUR Salud en la regi贸n y frente a actores externos, y argumenta que la regi贸n debe ser considerada como 바카라 사이트渆spacio para la pr谩ctica pol铆tica바카라 사이트� tanto como 바카라 사이트渁ctor internacional바카라 사이트�, redefiniendo a la vez qu茅 es regi贸n y para qu茅 sirve, as铆 como las sinergias entre regionalismo y desarrollo social.
Citation
Riggirozzi, P. UNASUR: construcci贸n de una diplomacia regional en materia de salud a trav茅s de pol铆ticas sociales [UNASUR: building a regional health diplomacy with social policies]. Estudios Internacionales (2015) 181: 29-50.