This study sets out to explore the institutional embeddedness of civic engagement in the
form of monetary donations and volunteering by firms in Western Europe. Drawing on a …

This book assesses the role of employers in the development of welfare state and labour
market institutions. Building on an in-depth analysis of Germany, a market economy known …

Does professionalization vary across interest group type? Even though an empirical
assessment of interest group professionalization is crucial to understand their potential for …

It is widely acknowledged that we are observing a major change in the organization of
political power. This transformation has often been labelled as a shift from 'government'to …

Wie trekken er in Brussel, het centrum van de Europese besluitvorming, aan de touwtjes en
maken het verschil? En op welke manier kunnen ministeries, lokale overheden …

Business lobbying is an ever present reality in European Union (EU) politics. With their
significant economic and informational resources, business interests are able to exert …

At some time in the 1960s a reaction began to develop among European social scientists
against what may be termed American normalism. 2 By American normalism I mean a more …

Olson's logic of collective action predicts that business interest associations face fewer
collective action problems than citizen action groups. This article challenges this assumption …

While many scholars have postulated the decline of membership influence as an important
consequence of the professionalisation of civil society organisations (CSOs), other analysts …

The numerous presence of interest groups may be a recipe for policy deadlock or, more
optimistically, indicate the vibrancy of a political community. Population-ecology theory …