Recent debates about the problem-solving capacity of supranational governance within the EU form the background of this paper, which explores the causal conditions for correct and timely transposition of EU directives. In this context, some scholars have pointed to the degree of fit or misfit...

AbstractThis article identifies conditions for transnational interest group cohesion by examining German and British employer positions on EU company law proposals. Employers were divided over proposals on takeover bids but formed a united front against proposals on worker participation. I argue...

AbstractThe debate on economic "globalization" suggests that the blurring of territorial boundaries shifts the power relations between nation-states and domestic market constituencies in favour of the latter. States have lost autonomy since policies are increasingly formulated in supranational...

AbstractIn a recent article, Caporaso and Tarrow have argued that the jurisprudence of the EuropeanCourt of Justice (ECJ) is increasingly moving in a social policy direction thatwill ultimately put European politics on a "Polanyian" course. We take issue with theirclaim and distinguish three...

AbstractProcesses of economic globalization create regulatory problems that can no longer be solved at the nation-state level alone. Pessimistic scenarios forecast that states will lose control of their policy instruments and that deregulatory "races to the bottom" are likely to follow. More...