Objective The objective is to develop a socio-legal theory explaining the institutional transformations from corporatism over neo-corporatism to governance and the role of law and legal instruments within the 3 types of institutions.The period of investigation covers the period between 1850 and today and is limited to the European setting.The core hypothesis is that corporatism, neo-corporatism and governance fulfil identical societal functions under altered structural conditions insofar as they simultaneously are oriented towards the internal stabilisation of economic processes and the establishment of compatibility with non-economic segments of society. The successful fulfilment of this dual function is furthermore conditioned upon a reliance on formalised legal frameworks.In concrete the project wishes to provide an alternative to the a-historical nature of contemporary governance research; counter the lack of a dynamic perspective within the ‘varieties of capitalism’ approach; offset the reductionist stance of political economy studies as reflected in the narrowing of economy and society relations to the binary relationship between economy and politics; develop a theoretical framework capable of connecting a wide range of so far disperse academic discourses such as governance research, political economy and socio-legal studies; provide a central contribution to a new inter-systemic theory of society.The project contains detailed case studies in relation to the development of institutional stabilisation within the European steel and pharmaceutical sectors. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancesocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicspolitical economysocial scienceslaw Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-SG-SH2 - ERC Starting Grant - Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour Call for proposal ERC-2012-StG_20111124 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Host institution COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL EU contribution € 1 175 210,00 Address SOLBJERG PLADS 3 2000 Frederiksberg Denmark See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Poul Fritz Kjær (Dr.) Administrative Contact Laila Oestergren (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL Denmark EU contribution € 1 175 210,00 Address SOLBJERG PLADS 3 2000 Frederiksberg See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Poul Fritz Kjær (Dr.) Administrative Contact Laila Oestergren (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data