Focusing on transnational regionalism, this book examines the trajectory and crossing over of the three strands of scholarly analysis concerned with globalization and social policy, global social governance reform and regional integration studies

Introduction Section One: The Case for Regionalism with a Strong Social Dimension 1. Regional Formations and Global Governance 2. Globalization, Regional Integration and Social Policy 3. Regional Social Policy from Above:International Organizations and Regional Social Policy 4. Regional Social Policy from Below: Reclaiming Regional Integration: Social movements and Civil Society Organizations as Key Protagonists Section Two: The Social Policy Dimensions of Regional Integration:Case Studies from Four Continents 5. Social Policies and Rights in the European Union and the Council of Europe: Exhortation, Regulations, and Enforcement 6. Regional Social Policies in Latin America: Binding Material for a Young Giant 7. Regional Social Policy in Asia: Prospects and Challenges from the ASEAN and SAARC Experience 8. Regional Social Policies in Africa: Declarations Abound Section Three: Regional Social Integration and Global Social Governance 9. The Evolving Context of World-Regional Social Policy 10. Global Social Governance and World Regional Social Policy

Bob Deacon is Professor of International Social Policy and Director of the Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP) at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Maria Cristina Macovei is Researcher at the United Nations University-Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Bruges, Belgium.

Luk Van Langenhove is Director of the United Nations University-Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Bruges, Belgium and Vice-President of the International Social Science Council.

Nicola Yeates is Professor of Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy and Centre for Citizenship, Identity and Governance (C-CIG), The Open University, UK.