The Construction of Social Rights and Healthcare Systems: the Challenges of Borders

Authors

  • Roser Pérez Jiménez UAB - Barcelona - Espanha
  • Vera Maria Ribeiro Nogueira UFSC - Florianópolis - SC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1414-49802009000100007

Abstract

This article presents the asymmetries between economic and social globalization, revealing the existing territorial inequalities in healthcare, as well as the rise of new demands with repercussion for social rights. The movements of capital and of productive processes take place in an intense manner, contrary to what occurs with the processes of social protection and healthcare, which continue to be limited to nation states. The initiatives in the countries of the European Union and Mercosur have not transcended isolated interventions, marked by the urgency of attention, and have not achieved the construction of rights on a regional level. The different healthcare systems and characteristics of coverage have not been placed in harmony, while there is a great diversity of attention to healthcare in the border regions. This is the case of the situations presented in the two regions in Spain, Estremadura and Catalunha, and in the region of the Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay border – in the cities of Foz de Iguaçu, Porto Iguaçu and Cidade do Leste.

 

Author Biographies

Roser Pérez Jiménez, UAB - Barcelona - Espanha

Doctora en Sociologia na Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Vera Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, UFSC - Florianópolis - SC

Possui graduação em Serviço Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (1967), mestrado em Serviço Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1990), doutorado em Enfermagem (linha de pesquisa saúde e sociedade) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2002) e pos-doutorado na Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona - Departamento de Sociologia - Seminario de Análise de Politicas Pública - SAPS. Professora adjunta da Escola de Serviço Social/Programa de Mestrado em Política Social da Universidade Católica de Pelotas e do Mestrado em Politica Social do Departamento de Serviço Social da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Pesquisadora do CNPq. Atualmente é Consultor ad hoc do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico e do Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais.

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Published

2009-01-01

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2009): Dossiê: Sujeitos políticos, lutas sociais e direitos

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