1st Edition

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

By Rainer Eising Copyright 2009
256 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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.... Read more

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

Biography

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).