Governing Interests: Business Associations Facing Internationalism (Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415364868 ISBN 13: 9780415364867

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

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 understanding of the relationship between the national and the international.

Both conceptual and empirical, some papers included in this significant volume adopt a ‘bird's eye view’ of the topic, whilst others concentrate on individual industries or countries, and several, through examination and analysis, consider the effects on interest representation and the repercussions on effective governance.

Contributed to and edited by leading academics, the diversity of research questions and methods used in this volume provide the reader with an excellent understanding of the subject and, importantly, caution against rash simplifications. Comprehensive and scholarly, this text will be of particular relevance to political scientists and sociologists.

About this title

About the Author:

Wolfgang Streeck is the Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Studies of Societies.
Jurgen Grote is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Konstanz.
Volker Schneider is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz, where he has held the Chair of Empirical Theory of the State since 1997.
Jelle Visser is Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, where he directs the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415364868
• ISBN 13: 9780415364867
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Streeck Wolfgang, Grote Jurgen, Schneider Volker, Visser Jelle