Description: 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.
Review Quotes:
"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 ofthe 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)