Chambers of commerce are omnipresent in domestic public policy and play a crucial role in business self-governance. However, they are rather neglected in both public and scientific debates and seem to be in decline. "Chambers of Commerce in Europe" fills this gap in research on organised business and state-market coordination in Europe.

"Close Ties in European Local Governance. Linking Local State and Society" (Teles, F., Gendźwiłł, A., Stănuș, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.)) develops and tests a typology of local state-society relations. To deliver such a comparative study on institutionalized relations between local government and societal actors at the municipal level in Europe, the book identifies and classifies country-specific patterns of these institutionalized governance networks.