The Evolution of Intermediary Institutions in Europe: From Corporatism to Governance

by Poul F Kjaer (Editor), Eva Hartmann (Editor)

Overview

This book investigates the consecutive shifts between three types of intermediary institutions in the European context: Corporatist, Neo-corporatist and Governance institutions. It does so by combining insights from European Political Economy; European Integration and governance studies; and, socio-legal studies in the European context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137484512
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/12/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Alfons Bora, Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany Hubert Buch-Hansen, Associate Professor, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Alexander Ebner, Professor of Political Economy and Economic Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Sabine Frerichs, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and adjunct Professor in Sociology of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland Gorm Harste, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark Eva Hartmann, Assistant Professor in Sociology and Political Economy, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark Bob Jessop, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK Poul F. Kjaer, Professor, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Richard Münch, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Bamberg, Germany Grahame F. Thompson, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, Open University, UK Chris Thornhill, Professor of Law, University of Manchester, UK Gert Verschraegen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Belgium Angela Wigger, Lecturer in Global Political Economy, Political Science Department, Radboud University, Netherlands

Table of Contents

List Of Tables And Figures

Acknowledgements

List Of Contributors

List Of Abbreviations

Introduction; Poul F. Kjaer

PART I: THE BIG PICTURE: FROM CORPORATISM TO GOVERNANCE

1. From Corporatism To Governance: Dimensions A Theory Of Intermediary Institutions; Poul F. Kjaer

2. Corporatism And Beyond? On Governance And Its Limits; Bob Jessop

3. From Neo-Corporatism To Neo-Pluralism:The Liberal Drift Of Multilevel Governance; Richard Münch

PART II: INTERMEDIARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMIC POLICY

4. Collective Action And The Making Of Economic Policy: Intellectual Lineages From The History Of Political Economy; Alexander Ebner

5. Eu Competition Regulation:A Case Of Authoritarian Neo-Liberalism?; Angela Wigger & Hubert Buch-Hansen

PART III: INTERMEDIARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE RE-CONFIGURATION OF SOCIAL POLICY

6. Fabricating Social Europe:From Neo-Corporatism To Governance By Numbers; Gert Verschraegen

7. European Social Policy: Social Cohesion Through Competition?; Eva Hartmann

PART IV: INTERMEDIARY INSTITUTIONS AND THE LAW

8. The Shadow Of The Law: Intermediary Institutions And The Ruling Part Of Governance; Alfons Bora

9. Taking Governance To Court:Politics, Economics, And A New Legal Realism; Sabine Frerichs

PART V: INTERMEDIARY INSTITUTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS

10. The Consitutionalisation Of Everyday Life?; Grahame F. Thompson

11. The Democratic Surplus That Constitutionalised The European Union: Establishing Democratic Governance Through Intermediate Institutions; Gorm Harste

12. The Crisis Of Corporatism And The Rise Of International Law; Chris Thornhill

References

Cases

Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Hartmann and Kjaer have assembled a remarkable set of essays on one of the most profoundly important elements of societal transformation of this century as it affects an often neglected nexus point of law and politics. The contributions provide much needed gap filler, providing valuable insight on those important spaces between the state, the international order, and the social order." Larry Backer, Professor of Law and International Affairs, Penn State University, USA

"This collection of essays is a countermove against the damage which the law of the EU experienced during the financial crisis. Seemingly paradoxically, this rescue operation is undertaken not by lawyers who tend to oscillate between the normalisation of Europe's emergency and voluntaristic propositions. It gains its encouraging strength from the exploration of long-term intra- and inter-societal transformations to which the law has to respond if it isever to regain ordering legitimacy." Christian Joerges, Professor of Law and Society, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany

Editorial Reviews

Scientists working on governance will therefore find food for thought in this book. It can also be used by those who work in a more policy-oriented way because it tends to reduce the vagueness sometimes associated with governance. … This book definitely pulls it off, with each chapter successful in clarifying in its own way the definition of intermediary institutions, in identifying some of their limits, and in setting a future research agenda.” (Anne Guisset, Transfer, Vol. 22 (3), August, 2016)

“Without doubt the strengths of the volume lie in its cross-disciplinary scope and decisive integration of the sociology of law into more traditional discussions of governance and political economy. … Furthermore, and in light of the dramatic evolution of the EU in the last decade … the volume is timely and will be of relevance for a number of debates about the EU. … this book is an important contribution in several key ways and deserves to be widely read.” (Ian Bruff, Capital & Class, Vol. 40 (3), 2016)

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