The contributors assess to what extent regional organizations in Europe and Latin America provide a space for the regulation and provision of social policies in the area of social protection, higher education and health. They analyse the impact of regional organizations on social citizenship following political struggle and contestation.

Juliano A. S. Aragusuku, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil Marcelo Eduardo Alves da Silva, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil Tonia Bieber, Freie Universität Berlin. Before, Germany Mercedes Botto, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Argentina Ivan Filipe de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), Brazil Marcelo de Almeida Medeiros, UFPE, Brazil Elia Elisa Cia Alves, UFPE, Brazil Alma Espino, Centre for Development Studies (CIEDUR), Uruguay Stephen Clarkson, University of Toronto, Canada Miriam Hartlapp, Leipzig University, Germany Steffen Hindelang, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Stephen Kingah, United Nations University, Belgium Mariely López-Santana, George Mason University, USA Daniela Perrotta, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina Pía Riggirozzi, University of Southampton, UK Luk Van Langenhove, United Nations University, Belgium Tullo Vigevani, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil