The Political Economy Of State-business Relations In Europe: Interest Mediation, Capitalism And Eu Policy Making (routledge/uaces Contemporary European Studies)

The delegation of policy-competencies to the European Union has changed the context in which national actors form their interests and represent them. Shaping European markets and societies, EU regulation has important effects in the member states. This book analyses how business interest organizations respond to this challenge and what strategies they develop to cope with European integration. Starting from the idea that institutional contexts, resource dependencies, and organizational characteristics explain, to a considerable degree, how interest groups adapt to EU policy-making, this study delivers important insights into EU governance. The empirical analysis draws on a comprehensive data set of German, British, French, and EU business associations and large firms. Divided into three parts, it moves from the study of domestic contexts to the analysis of multilevel-governance in the EU before finally scrutinizing in greater detail the factors that shape the access of interest groups to the EU institutions. Making an important contribution to the development of institutional and organizational accounts of interest groups in the EU, this book will be of interest to political scientists, economists, and sociologists working in the areas of European integration, comparative European politics, political economy, interest groups and civil society. This 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. The Eu And Conflict Resolution : Promoting Peace In The Backyard / Nathalie Tocci -- Central Banking Governance In The European Union : A Comparative Analysis / Lucia Quaglia -- New Security Issues In Northern Europe : The Nordic And Baltic States And The Esdp / Clive Archer -- The European Union And International Development : The Politics Of Foreign Aid / Maurizio Carbone -- The End Of European Integration : Anti-europeanism Examined / Paul Taylor -- The European Union And The Asia-pacific : Media, Public And Elite Perceptions Of The Eu / Edited By Natalia Chaban And Martin Holland -- European Union : Origins Of A Trans- And Supranational Policy, 1950-72 / Edited By Wolfram Kaiser, Brigitte Leucht And Morten Rasmussen -- International Actors, Democratization And The Rule Of Law : Anchoring Democracy? / Edited By Amichai Magen And Leonardo Morlino -- Minority Nationalist Parties And European Integration : A Comparative Study / Anwen Elias -- European Union Intergovernmental Conferences : Domestic Preference Formation, Transgovernmental Networks And The Dynamics Of Compromise / Paul W. Thurner And Franz Urban Pappi -- The Political Economy Of State-business Relations In Europe : Interest Mediation, Capitalism, And Eu Policy Making / Rainer Eising. Rainer Eising. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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