This book investigates the consecutive shifts between three types of intermediary institutions in the European context: Corporatist, Neo-corporatist and Governance institutions. It does so by combining insights from European Political Economy; European Integration and governance studies; and, socio-legal studies in the European context.

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Acknowledgements
List Of Contributors
List Of Abbreviations
Introduction; Poul F. Kjaer
PART I: THE BIG PICTURE: FROM CORPORATISM TO GOVERNANCE
1. From Corporatism To Governance: Dimensions A Theory Of Intermediary Institutions; Poul F. Kjaer
2. Corporatism And Beyond? On Governance And Its Limits; Bob Jessop
3. From Neo-Corporatism To Neo-Pluralism:The Liberal Drift Of Multilevel Governance; Richard Münch
PART II: INTERMEDIARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMIC POLICY
4. Collective Action And The Making Of Economic Policy: Intellectual Lineages From The History Of Political Economy; Alexander Ebner
5. Eu Competition Regulation:A Case Of Authoritarian Neo-Liberalism?; Angela Wigger & Hubert Buch-Hansen
PART III: INTERMEDIARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE RE-CONFIGURATION OF SOCIAL POLICY
6. Fabricating Social Europe:From Neo-Corporatism To Governance By Numbers; Gert Verschraegen
7. European Social Policy: Social Cohesion Through Competition?; Eva Hartmann
PART IV: INTERMEDIARY INSTITUTIONS AND THE LAW
8. The Shadow Of The Law: Intermediary Institutions And The Ruling Part Of Governance; Alfons Bora
9. Taking Governance To Court:Politics, Economics, And A New Legal Realism; Sabine Frerichs
PART V: INTERMEDIARY INSTITUTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS
10. The Consitutionalisation Of Everyday Life?; Grahame F. Thompson
11. The Democratic Surplus That Constitutionalised The European Union: Establishing Democratic Governance Through Intermediate Institutions; Gorm Harste
12. The Crisis Of Corporatism And The Rise Of International Law; Chris Thornhill
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"Hartmann and Kjaer have assembled a remarkable set of essays on one of the most profoundly important elements of societal transformation of this century as it affects an often neglected nexus point of law and politics. The contributions provide much needed gap filler, providing valuable insight on those important spaces between the state, the international order, and the social order." Larry Backer, Professor of Law and International Affairs, Penn State University, USA

"This collection of essays is a countermove against the damage which the law of the EU experienced during the financial crisis. Seemingly paradoxically, this rescue operation is undertaken not by lawyers who tend to oscillate between the normalisation of Europe's emergency and voluntaristic propositions. It gains its encouraging strength from the exploration of long-term intra- and inter-societal transformations to which the law has to respond if it isever to regain ordering legitimacy." Christian Joerges, Professor of Law and Society, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany

"Hartmann and Kjaer have assembled a remarkable set of essays on one of the most profoundly important elements of societal transformation of this century as it affects an often neglected nexus point of law and politics. The contributions provide much needed gap filler, providing valuable insight on those important spaces between the state, the international order, and the social order." Larry Backer, Professor of Law and International Affairs, Penn State University, USA "This collection of essays is a countermove against the damage which the law of the EU experienced during the financial crisis. Seemingly paradoxically, this rescue operation is undertaken not by lawyers who tend to oscillate between the normalisation of Europe's emergency and voluntaristic propositions. It gains its encouraging strength from the exploration of long-term intra- and inter-societal transformations to which the law has to respond if it is ever to regain ordering legitimacy." Christian Joerges, Professor of Law and Society, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany

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