The Great Recession renewed calls for a return of state activism in support of the European
economy. The widespread nationalizations of ailing companies and the growing activism of …

This book offers a major new theory of global governance, explaining both its rise and what
many see as its current crisis. The author suggests that world politics is now embedded in a …

The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 still has the world on tenterhooks. The
gravity of the situation is matched by a general paucity of understanding about what is …

This volume examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European
level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010. Europe's crisis of legitimacy …

Wolfgang Streeck legt in seinen Frankfurter Adorno-Vorlesungen die Wurzeln der
gegenwärtigen Finanz-, Fiskal-und Wirtschaftskrise frei, indem er sie als Moment der langen …

Trade unions in most of Europe are on the defensive: in recent decades they have lost
membership, sometimes drastically; their collective bargaining power has declined, as has …

Scholars of the European Union have analyzed the EU's legitimacy mainly in terms of two
normative criteria: output effectiveness for the people and input participation by the people …

O sucesso de Tempo comprado, dentro e fora dos meios acadêmicos, surpreendeu o
próprio autor, o sociólogo alemão Wolfgang Streeck. O livro traz uma interpretação original …

Judge-made law has played a crucial role in the process of European integration. In the
vertical dimension, it has greatly reduced the range of autonomous policy choices in the …

To be at the same time effective and liberal, governments must normally be able to count on
voluntary compliance–which, in turn, depends on the support of socially shared legitimacy …