Regional Intergovernmental Organizations as Catalysts for Transnational Policy Diffusion: The Case of UNASUR Health
Regional Intergovernmental Organizations as Catalysts for Transnational Policy Diffusion: The Case of UNASUR Health
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DOI：
10.1111/jcms.12875
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
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2.2
通讯作者：
Agostinis, Giovanni
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作者：
Agostinis, Giovanni
为什么区域性政府间组织（RIO）的成员国自愿调整其政策和机构以适应其他成员国实施的规范和程序？我通过调查南美国家联盟 (UNASUR) 内南美国家卫生合作的国内影响来解决这个难题。文章展示了像南美国家卫生委员会这样的区域性部门机构的建立如何通过降低交易成本和增加成员国卫生官僚机构之间的信息交流来引发类似政策的传播。我认为，像南美国家联盟这样的里约组织不是通过强制执行具有约束力的区域规范（如欧盟的情况）来促进跨国扩散，而是通过在特定政策领域弥合成员国的共同功能需求和不对称能力。本文以 UNASUR Health 为例，有助于研究在没有向超国家机构授予权力的情况下 RIO 内部跨国扩散的逻辑。
Why do member states of regional intergovernmental organizations (RIOs) voluntarily adapt their policies and institutions to the norms and procedures implemented in other member states? I tackle this puzzle by investigating the domestic effects of health cooperation among South American states within the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). The article shows how the establishment of a regional sector-based institution like the Health Council of UNASUR triggered the diffusion of similar policies by reducing transaction costs and increasing information exchanges among member states' health bureaucracies. I argue that RIOs such as UNASUR catalyse transnational diffusion not by enforcing binding regional norms (as in the case of the EU), but by bridging member states' shared functional needs and asymmetric capacities in specific policy areas. Using the case of UNASUR Health, the article contributes to the study of the logics of transnational diffusion within RIOs in the absence of authority delegated to supranational institutions.