Richard Balme is professor at Sciences Po, Paris, and at the School of Government, Peking University. Didier Chabanet is Fernand Braudel Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He is also research fellow at the Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat and associate research fellow at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Lettres et Sciences Humaines) in Lyon.

This is a very timely book that examines governance and democracy in the European Union. . . . This study is valuable for students and observers of EU politics, as well as for those interested in social justice, democratization, and the civil society movements. Recommended.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Approaching Collective ActionChapter 2: Collective Action and Civil Society in EuropeChapter 3: The Making of a Polity: Interests' Mobilization around European InstitutionsChapter 4: European Integration and Varieties of Capitalism: The Brussels ConsensusChapter 5: The European Burden: Unemployment and Political BehaviorChapter 6: Beyond State Building: Centers and Peripheries in the European UnionChapter 7: Collective Action and New RightsChapter 8: Interests' Mobilization in the Constitutionalization of EuropeChapter 9: The Regulation of Interest Groups in the European UnionConclusion: European Democracy and Social JusticeBibliography

Richard Balme is professor at Sciences Po, Paris, and at the School of Government, Peking University. Didier Chabanet is Fernand Braudel Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He is also research fellow at the Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat and associate research fellow at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Lettres et Sciences Humaines) in Lyon.

This is a very timely book that examines governance and democracy in the European Union. . . . This study is valuable for students and observers of EU politics, as well as for those interested in social justice, democratization, and the civil society movements. Recommended.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Approaching Collective ActionChapter 2: Collective Action and Civil Society in EuropeChapter 3: The Making of a Polity: Interests' Mobilization around European InstitutionsChapter 4: European Integration and Varieties of Capitalism: The Brussels ConsensusChapter 5: The European Burden: Unemployment and Political BehaviorChapter 6: Beyond State Building: Centers and Peripheries in the European UnionChapter 7: Collective Action and New RightsChapter 8: Interests' Mobilization in the Constitutionalization of EuropeChapter 9: The Regulation of Interest Groups in the European UnionConclusion: European Democracy and Social JusticeBibliography