The Evolution of Intermediary Institutions in Europe: From Corporatism to Governance

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
From Corporatism to Governance: Dimensions of a Theory of Intermediary Institutions....Pages 11-28
Corporatism and Beyond? On Governance and Its Limits....Pages 29-46
From Neo-Corporatism to Neo-Pluralism: The Liberal Drift of Multi-level Governance....Pages 47-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Collective Action and the Making of Economic Policy: Intellectual Lineages from the History of Political Economy....Pages 67-80
EU Competition Regulation: A Case of Authoritarian Neo-liberalism?....Pages 81-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Fabricating Social Europe: From Neo-corporatism to Governance by Numbers....Pages 101-119
European Social Policy: Social Cohesion through Competition?....Pages 121-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
The Shadow of the Law: Intermediary Institutions and the Ruling Part of Governance....Pages 141-155
Taking Governance to Court: Politics, Economics, and a New Legal Realism....Pages 157-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
The Constitutionalisation of Everyday Life?....Pages 177-197
The Democratic Surplus that Constitutionalised the European Union: Establishing Democratic Governance through Intermediate Institutions....Pages 199-215
The Crisis of Corporatism and the Rise of International Law....Pages 217-239
Back Matter....Pages 241-277