Developed over the past three decades, the national innovation system concept (NIS) has
been widely used by both scholars and policy makers to explain how interactions between a …

This article reviews the literature on lobbying in the European Union. After initial surveys of
the landscape of non-governmental actor participation, theoretical investigations have …

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 …

Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a pervasive topic in the
business literature, but has largely neglected the role of institutions. This introductory article …

Education, skill formation, and training continue to be important areas of consideration for
both public policy and research. This book examines the particular types of vocational …

Why can some interest groups influence policy-making while others cannot? Even though
this question is central to the study of politics, we know little about the factors explaining …

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 …

Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes
of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing …

What explains differences in the lobbying behaviour of interest groups? And what
consequences do these differences have for the access that interest groups can gain to …

The complexity and diversity of European interest politics is exemplified by the multitude of
channels and targets that private actors use to lobby in the EU multi-level system. The aim of …