1st Edition

Governing Interests Business Associations Facing Internationalism

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

In the current period of globalization, Governing Interests presents new research on the impact of internationalization on the organization and representation of business interests through trade and employer associations. By exploring ongoing, gradual, but nevertheless profound changes in the structures and functions of business interest associations, the book develops a precise... Read more

Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Nations  1. Reaching Out and Fitting In  2. Institutional Filters and Path Dependency  3. Globalization and Swedish Business Interest Associations in the Twenty-First Century  4. Economic Internationalization and the Organizational Dilemma of Employer Associations  Part 3: Sectors  5. Organizations and Networks in a Globalizing Economy: British and German Chemical Interest Associations  6. Against all Odds  7. National Business Associations and European Integration  Part 4: International Systems  8. Global Public Policy, Associative Orders and Business Interest Associations  9. International Governance by Organized Business   Part 5: Conclusions Organized Business Facing Internationalization

Biography

Edited by Wolfgang Streeck, Jurgen Grote, Volker Schneider, Jelle Visser