Political Economy of State-Business Relations in Europe - Interest Mediation, Capitalism and Eu Policy Making

The book analyses how business interest organizations responded to the challenge of European integration and delivers important insights into major characteristics of EU governance and policy-making.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. State-Business Relations in the EU Member States 3. The Evolution of the EU Interest Group System: To Join or Not To Join? 4. Multi-Level Governance and Business Interests in the European Union 5. The Europeanization of Interest Groups and Interest Intermediation 6. The Politics of Access in the European Union I: Towards Elite Pluralism? 7. The Politics of Access in the European Union II: Towards a Theory of Interest Group Access

About the author

Rainer Eising is Professor of Comparative Politics and Policy Analysis at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He has published widely on EU policy-making, interest intermediation, and European governance including most recently The Politics of Interests in Europe: Lessons from EU Studies and Comparative Politics, and The Transformation of Governance in the European Union (also published by Routledge).

Summary

The book analyses how business interest organizations responded to the challenge of European integration and delivers important insights into major characteristics of EU governance and policy-making.

Product details

• Authors: Rainer Eising, Rainer (Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Eising
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9780415851350
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85135-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies; Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education