Inside the EU Business Associations [Hardcover]

Whilst actions by business interests are widely acknowledged to be a central mechanism of European integration, the capacity of formal groups which represent them to contribute meaningfully to the integration process is little understood. Based on original research with 50 EU business associations and 150 of their members, this unique book assesses the effectiveness of EU business associations and their potential to bring value to the EU policy making process and to their members, and lends a methodology by which they can be evaluated.Introduction Methodology Governability Factors in EU Business Associations Results and Analysis: Domain Based Associations Business-Wide Associations ConclusionsJUSTIN GREENWOOD is Professor of European Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. The nine books he has completed make him the leading author on EU business associations. His recent career specialism of making academic research accessible to practitioners has brought him a number of advisory positions in Brussels.