ABSTRACT

Regional responses to international threats and opportunities have become prevalent. Yet significant lacunae persist in our recognition of some impacts of regional policies. Where measuring impact of regional policy does exist, this tends to focus on economic impact, heavily influenced by the EU model, or focuses on impacts that we have come to expect from national level policymaking. In this paper we show that important effects of regional policymaking in South American regionalism are being overlooked. Specifically, we argue that failure to recognize the creation of normative frameworks, dynamics of regional diplomacy, and social policy outcomes from regional policymaking has negatively affected the credibility of regional organizations. Lack of understanding of the impact of regional policy risks trivializing progress in regional policy and, critically, affects the legitimacy and credibility of regional governance. We make this case by focusing on regional health and migration policies in South America.

摘要

对国际威胁和机遇的区域反应已经变得普遍。然而，我们对区域政策的某些影响的认识仍然存在重大缺陷。在确实存在衡量区域政策影响的情况下，这往往侧重于受欧盟模式严重影响的经济影响，或者侧重于我们对国家层面政策制定的预期影响。在本文中，我们表明南美区域主义中区域决策的重要影响被忽视了。具体而言，我们认为，未能认识到规范框架的创建、区域外交的动态以及区域决策的社会政策结果对区域组织的可信度产生了负面影响。缺乏对区域政策影响的理解可能会影响区域政策的进展，以及，严重影响区域治理的合法性和公信力。我们通过关注南美洲的区域卫生和移民政策来证明这一点。