Corporatist Governance and Europeanisation: No Future in the Multi-level Game?

Gerda Falkner

European Integration online Papers (EIoP), 1997, vol. 1

Abstract: This article argues that against all odds, the corporatist inclusion of the major societal interests in public decision-making is still a relevant governance mechanism in the European multi-level system. At the national level,a diversity of systems continues to operate. At least in some cases, corporatist arrangements (which tend to be austerity- and supply-side oriented) were prompted by the establishment of the EC Internal Market and the EMU. At the European level, the fragmented EU system encompasses significant differences among policy areas, including -- against frequent expectations -- corporatist patterns, too (notably in social policy). It seems that corporatist governance still has a role to play, especially in the context of implementing and 'legitimising' the politics of the EMU.

Keywords: governance; social policy; Maastricht Social Protocol; European works councils; interest representation; implementation; industrial relations; interest intermediation; interest representation; lobbying; multilevel governance; participation; policy networks; polity building; social regulation; corporatism; democracy; employment policy; governance; political science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-06-17
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