Collective Action in the European Union: Interests and the New Politics of Associability / Edition 1

by Mark Aspinwall, Justin Greenwood

Overview

Collective Action in the European Union addresses fundamental questions surrounding the European political economy. The impressive array of contributors ask how and why collective action is formed at the European level. They also consider whether collective action at the transnational level is driven by rational, utility maximising behaviour, or whether explanations couched in social terms are more convincing. Many of the chapters introduce fresh empirical studies, in the domains of business, the professions, consumers and environmental interests.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415159746
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/04/1997
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Aspinwall, Mark; Greenwood, Justin

Table of Contents

1. Conceptualising Collective Action in the European Union: An Introduction 2. What Drives Associability at the European Level? The Limits of the Utilitarian Explanation 3. The EU Institutions and Collective Action: Constructing a European interest? 4. A Collective Action Problem? Danish Interest Associations and Euro Groups 5. The Changing Architecture of Big Business 6. The Professions 7. European Consumer Groups: Multiple Levels of Governance and Multiple Logics of Collective Action 8. Environmental Collective Action: Stable patterns of co-operation and issue alliances at the European level 9. Collective Attraction - The New Political Game in Brussels Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

European Union and interest group scholars consider whether collective action is driven at the European transnational level by rational, utility-maximizing behavior, or whether explanations couched in social terms are more convincing. Early chapters identify and address wider issues in transnational collective action. Later chapters apply these issues to specific domains, such as business, the professions, consumers, and environmental interests. Original surveys of the constituency of Euro groups and of national groups who operate at the European level are presented. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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