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European Integration and Supranational Governance
In this magisterial study, a team of distinguished scholars offers a fresh and coherent explanation of the remarkable development of the EU, drawing evidence from both broad data and focused case studies.
The Diversity of Democracy
This is an important volume by authoritative authors that raises important questions about democracy. It demands extended attention and will stimulate debate. Wyn Grant, Political Studies Review This timely book fills a void in the literature on interest group representation in democracies. Contributors address various topics in democratic development and interest group representation in a manner that is both broadly comparative and attentive to in-depth case studies. . . . Overall, this is a great addition to the literature on democratic consolidation with a neo-corporatistic focus. Highly recommended. B.A Yesilada, Choice At a time when democratization and the state of democracy are at the...
Redefining European Security
Redefining European Security is a collection of essays concerned with changing perspectives on peace and political stability in Europe since the end of the Cold War, in both the hard security terms of military capacity and readiness and in the realm of soft security concerns of economic stability and democratic reform. European governments, the European Union, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are dealing with the fundamental problem of determining the very parameters of Europe, politically, economically, and institutionally. This book defines security as the efforts undertaken by national governments and multilateral institutions, beginning with the end of the Cold War and the reun...
The European Social Dialogue Under Articles 138 and 139 of the EC Treaty
Describes, analyses, and assesses the European social dialogue from a combined theoretical and normative perspective and applies theoretical strands stemming from industrial relations, EC law, and political theory to an understanding and assessment of the genesis, actors, processes, and outcomes of the European social dialogue through 2007
Violent Conflict and the Transformation of Social Capital
A book based on field studies conducted in Cambodia, Rwanda, Guatemala, and Somalia.
Civilizing and Decivilizing Processes
This volume collects new articles that explore the theoretical framework of figurational or relational sociology as represented by Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu with regard to its relevance to American history, culture, and literature. The emphasis is put on Elias’s theory of the “civilizing process” and the question in how far his study of the European process of state formation and the correlative psycho-social changes is relevant to the analysis of the development of the American nation-state and the habitus of Americans. Leading scholars from the field of figurational sociology team up with an international cast of renowned Americanists to shed new light on a variety of issues ...
When Clothes Become Fashion
When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. This book explores the structures and strategies which underlie fashion innovation, how fashion is perceived and the point at which clothing is accepted or rejected as fashion.
Coordinating Technology
In Coordinating Technology, Susanne Schmidt and Raymund Werle present three case studies that highlight the actors, the process, the politics, and the influence exerted by international organizations in the construction of standards. The case studies concern the standards for facsimile terminals and transmission, videotex (a service that, with the exception of the French Minitel service, largely failed), and electronic mail. Schmidt and Werle follow each story from the realization by certain actors of the need for a standard, through complex negotiation processes involving many economic, political, and social interests, to the final agreement on a standard. In their analysis of these cases, they emphasize the many ways in which the processes are embedded in institutional structures and argue for the value of an institutionalist approach to technology studies.
Industrie- und Handelskammern in den neuen Bundesländern
Industrie- und Handelskammern gehören in demokratisch-marktwirtschaftlich verfassten Industriegesellschaften zu den Basisinstitutionen der regionalen Selbstorganisation der Wirtschaft. In Deutschland haben sie einen öffentlich-rechtlichen Status und einen breiten Aufgabenkreis, der hoheitliche Funktionen, vielfältige Beratungs- und Unterstützungsleistungen für die Unternehmen sowie Gestaltungsaufgaben für ihren Kammerbezirk umfasst. Zugleich sind sie ein gewichtiger Interessenvertreter der Wirtschaft in Politik und Verwaltung. Von daher sind sie in ihren Regionen intensiv am wirtschaftlichen und öffentlichen Geschehen beteiligt und in die relevanten Akteursnetze eng eingebunden. Gerad...
