Edited by Héloïse Berkowitz, LEST, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, Aix en Provence, France, Sanne Bor, LUT University, Finland and Nils Brunsson, Uppsala University and Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score), Sweden

‘The book offers a great overview of two decades of conceptual advancement and empirical studies exploring a diverse range of meta-organizations. This volume advances our knowledge about meta-organizations and points to future research opportunities of outstanding interest, benefitting not only organization theorists, but also students of economics, political science, sociology and industrial relations.’

• ContentsPreface xvii1 What meta-organizations are 1Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson2 How meta-organizations matter 15Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils BrunssonPART I HOW META-ORGANIZATIONS AFFECT THEIR MEMBERS3 What are meta-organizations allowed to do? Dimensions anddynamics of mandates 29Sanne Bor and Ville-Pekka Sorsa4 Who does the job? Workforces of meta-organizations 45Sanne Bor and Argyro Almpanopoulou5 Unnoticed, ghosted, and scapegoated: a study of weakenedmeta-organization–member relationships 71Susanna AlexiusPART II HOW META-ORGANIZATIONS AFFECT OTHERS6 Building meta-organizational expertise: The case of theCollectif des Festivals’ sustainability expertise 98Sihem Mammar El Hadj, Laura Sabbado, and Ingrid Mazzilli7 How meta-organizations influence their social environment:the case of the International Council for the Exploration ofthe Sea 122Kurt Rachlitz, Michael Grothe-Hammer, and Jennifer Leigh Bailey8 Meta-organizations and the making of a neocolonialist globalorder 149José Augusto Lacerda Fernandes, Mariana Baldi, FernandoDias Lopes, and Héloïse BerkowitzPART III LANDSCAPES OF META-ORGANIZATIONS9 Meta-organizations and other inter-organizationalarrangements in the French women’s cause field 172Pierre Garaudel, Clotilde Coron, and Géraldine Schmidt10 International groups in organizing world politics: the case ofthe G20 193Martin KochPART IV WHAT NEXT?11 More to learn about meta-organizations! 213Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson

Edited by Héloïse Berkowitz, LEST, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, Aix en Provence, France, Sanne Bor, LUT University, Finland and Nils Brunsson, Uppsala University and Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score), Sweden

‘The book offers a great overview of two decades of conceptual advancement and empirical studies exploring a diverse range of meta-organizations. This volume advances our knowledge about meta-organizations and points to future research opportunities of outstanding interest, benefitting not only organization theorists, but also students of economics, political science, sociology and industrial relations.’

• ContentsPreface xvii1 What meta-organizations are 1Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson2 How meta-organizations matter 15Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils BrunssonPART I HOW META-ORGANIZATIONS AFFECT THEIR MEMBERS3 What are meta-organizations allowed to do? Dimensions anddynamics of mandates 29Sanne Bor and Ville-Pekka Sorsa4 Who does the job? Workforces of meta-organizations 45Sanne Bor and Argyro Almpanopoulou5 Unnoticed, ghosted, and scapegoated: a study of weakenedmeta-organization–member relationships 71Susanna AlexiusPART II HOW META-ORGANIZATIONS AFFECT OTHERS6 Building meta-organizational expertise: The case of theCollectif des Festivals’ sustainability expertise 98Sihem Mammar El Hadj, Laura Sabbado, and Ingrid Mazzilli7 How meta-organizations influence their social environment:the case of the International Council for the Exploration ofthe Sea 122Kurt Rachlitz, Michael Grothe-Hammer, and Jennifer Leigh Bailey8 Meta-organizations and the making of a neocolonialist globalorder 149José Augusto Lacerda Fernandes, Mariana Baldi, FernandoDias Lopes, and Héloïse BerkowitzPART III LANDSCAPES OF META-ORGANIZATIONS9 Meta-organizations and other inter-organizationalarrangements in the French women’s cause field 172Pierre Garaudel, Clotilde Coron, and Géraldine Schmidt10 International groups in organizing world politics: the case ofthe G20 193Martin KochPART IV WHAT NEXT?11 More to learn about meta-organizations! 213Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson

Edited by Héloïse Berkowitz, LEST, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, Aix en Provence, France, Sanne Bor, LUT University, Finland and Nils Brunsson, Uppsala University and Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score), Sweden

‘The book offers a great overview of two decades of conceptual advancement and empirical studies exploring a diverse range of meta-organizations. This volume advances our knowledge about meta-organizations and points to future research opportunities of outstanding interest, benefitting not only organization theorists, but also students of economics, political science, sociology and industrial relations.’

• ContentsPreface xvii1 What meta-organizations are 1Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson2 How meta-organizations matter 15Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils BrunssonPART I HOW META-ORGANIZATIONS AFFECT THEIR MEMBERS3 What are meta-organizations allowed to do? Dimensions anddynamics of mandates 29Sanne Bor and Ville-Pekka Sorsa4 Who does the job? Workforces of meta-organizations 45Sanne Bor and Argyro Almpanopoulou5 Unnoticed, ghosted, and scapegoated: a study of weakenedmeta-organization–member relationships 71Susanna AlexiusPART II HOW META-ORGANIZATIONS AFFECT OTHERS6 Building meta-organizational expertise: The case of theCollectif des Festivals’ sustainability expertise 98Sihem Mammar El Hadj, Laura Sabbado, and Ingrid Mazzilli7 How meta-organizations influence their social environment:the case of the International Council for the Exploration ofthe Sea 122Kurt Rachlitz, Michael Grothe-Hammer, and Jennifer Leigh Bailey8 Meta-organizations and the making of a neocolonialist globalorder 149José Augusto Lacerda Fernandes, Mariana Baldi, FernandoDias Lopes, and Héloïse BerkowitzPART III LANDSCAPES OF META-ORGANIZATIONS9 Meta-organizations and other inter-organizationalarrangements in the French women’s cause field 172Pierre Garaudel, Clotilde Coron, and Géraldine Schmidt10 International groups in organizing world politics: the case ofthe G20 193Martin KochPART IV WHAT NEXT?11 More to learn about meta-organizations! 213Héloïse Berkowitz, Sanne Bor, and Nils Brunsson