Organized Interests and the European Community

"The book certainly captures some of the variety of political behavior and outcomes....the substantive chapters provide, respectively, an excellent discussion of the literature and a series of conclusions drawn from the case studies....a must for acquisition by university and similar libraries." --Political Studies Association The drive to create a single European market, the internationalization of markets and policies, has demonstrated the vital role of organized interests. Often overlooked, interest groups are shown in this volume to be integral partners with the processes of economic and political internationalization. At the heart of this process is a recognition of two factors: first, that interest associations are but one among many mechanisms of governance; and secondly, that interest associations are themselves diverse in levels, domains, territories, and the size of their operations. The aim of the authors is not to propose the existence of a kind of "Euro-corporatism," but to explain the conditions under which certain forms of associability and interest intermediation will emerge, and to examine the impact of such forms upon transnational integration of markets in Europe. Filled with studies of key sectors, particularly in high technology, business and labor organizations, as well as discussion of the importance of size and territoriality, this volume will be of keen interest to students and researchers of the European market, government/industry relations, the politics of interest groups and organizations, and neo-corporatism.Greenwood, Justin is the author of 'Organized Interests and the European Community' with ISBN 9780803987012 and ISBN 0803987013.