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A book on the path dependent and path creating structures and attitudes of business interest associations in a world of Europeanization and internationalization of markets.
Synopsis
Abook on the path dependent and path creating structures and attitudes of business interest associations in a world of Europeanization andinternationalization of markets. It includes empirical dataon relational information used for network analytic purposes drawn from hundreds of interviews with CEOs."
About the Author
JRGEN R. GROTE holds the Marie Curie Chair in Public Policy Analysis at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He has edited a number of books, some of which include
Organized Interests and the European Community (with J. Greenwood and K. Ronit),
Participatory Governance: Political and Societal Implications (with B. Gbikpi, Opladen) and
Governing Interests: Business Associations Facing Internationalization (with W. Streeck, J. Grote and J. Visser).
ACHIM LANG is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Management at the University of Konstanz, Germany. He is author of Die Evolution sektoraler Wirtschaftsverbnde: Informations- und Kommunikationsverbnde in Deutschland, Grobritannien und Spanien.
VOLKER SCHNEIDER is Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz, Germany, where he holds the Chair of Empirical Theory of the State. He has edited several books. Amongst them are Governing Interests: Business Associations Facing Internationalization (with W. Streeck, J. Grote and J. Visser) and Private Organisations in Global Politics (with K. Ronit).
Table of Contents
Introduction: Organized Business Interests in Changing Environments--
V.Schneider, A.Lang and
J.R.GroteTHEORIES AND DETERMINANTS OF ORGANIZING BUSINESS INTERESTS
From Simple to Complex: An Evolutionary Sketch of Theories of Business Association--A.Lang, K.Ronit and V.Schneider
Between Politics, Economy, and Technology: The Changing Environments of Business Associations--A.Lang, V.Schneider and R.Werle
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Persistent Divergence? Chemical Business Associations in Britain and Germany--J.R.Grote
Business Associability in the United States Chemical Industry: Private Interest Governments in Pluralist Precincts?--H-J.Schmedes
Similar Responses to Similar Pressures? Adaptation Processes of British and German Business Associations in the Information and Communications Sector--A.Lang
Cooperation, Competition, and Mutualism in the U.S. Information and Communications Sector--J.Bauer and V.Schneider
Complex Associations in the Dairy Sector: A Comparison of the Development in Four Countries--C.Wagemann
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL
Europeanized Convergence? British and German Business Associations European Lobbying Strategies in the Formulation of REACH--A.Wonka
Business Interest Associations and Corporate Lobbying: Which Role for Brussels?--M.Tenbcken
Conclusion: The Complexity of Adaptation--A.Lang and V.Schneider