Book presentation

Organized Business Interests in Changing Environments.The Complexity of Adaptation.

Jürgen R. Grote, Achim Lang and Volker Schneider (eds.)

Palgrave Macmillan, November 2008

The small world of modern interest group research1980-2008

Traits of research & analytical focus

pluralistperspective

neo-corporatistperspective

state-society relations,group-state interactions,

political incorporationof groups

structure andbehaviour of groupsand interest systems

OBI

EU - level interestintermediation

policy analysis,governance debate

> mid-1970s 1975 - 80 1980 - 90 1990 - present

Authors 1980-2008 (random distribution)

1. generation (the „old“ triumvirate):Lehmbruch: University of Konstanz Schmitter: WZB > EUI (Stanford, Chicago, Buenos Aires, Lausanne, etc.)Streeck: WZB > EUI > MPI (Wisconsin-Madison)

2. generation:Grote: EUI > MZES > EUI > University of Konstanz Schneider: EUI > MPI > University of Konstanz

3. generation:Lang: University of KonstanzWagemann: University of Konstanz > MPI > EUIWonka: University of Konstanz > MZES

EUI: European University Institute (Florence, Italy)MPI: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Society (Cologne,

Germany)MZES: Mannheim Centre for European Social Research

(Mannheim, Germany)WZB: Science Centre (Berlin, Germany)

Generations and lineages

Authors 1980-2008 (ordered by institutional affiliation)

WZB

MZES

Konstanz

MPI

EUIOntario- Coleman- Jacek

Cawson- Sussex

Ronit- Kopenhagen

Milan- Regini- Regalia- LanzalacoKnoke

- Minnesota

Warwick- Grant- Crouch

Van Waarden- Utrecht

Aberdeen- Greenwood- Jordan

Vienna- Traxler- Falkner- Marin

Prague- Mansfeldova- Potucek

Berger- MIT

Kriesi- Zurich

Eising- Hagen/Bochum

Panitch- York/Toronto

Richardson- Essex & Oxford

Why are German research institutes so centrally positioned in research on organized interests?

... until recently:

– organized capitalism– coordinated market economy– neo-corporatist forms of policy-making

... and today?

– disorganized capitalism? (Offe)– the end of organized capitalism? (Lash/ Urry)– full deregulation of historically entrenched institutions?

... but tomorrow?

– back to (appropriately modified and adapted) forms of organized capitalism?