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Institutional Transformation in European Political Economy<br/>- A Socio-Legal Approach

Objetivo

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.

Convocatoria de propuestas

ERC-2012-StG_20111124
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Régimen de financiación

ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant

Institución de acogida

COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Aportación de la UE
€ 1 175 210,00
Dirección
SOLBJERG PLADS 3
2000 Frederiksberg
Dinamarca

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Región
Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Investigador principal
Poul Fritz Kjær (Dr.)
Contacto administrativo
Laila Oestergren (Ms.)
Enlaces
Coste total
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