This paper reflects on the literature on courts and politics in Europe and the United States. US-American Political … only recently emerged in Europe. The debates differ not only with regard to the number of articles written, but also with … regard to their content. This paper discusses the different research perspectives that are being pursued on both sides of the …

Political economy and economic sociology have developed in relative isolation from each other. While political economy … focuses largely on macrophenomena, economic sociology focuses on the level of social interaction in the economy. The paper … argues that economic sociology can provide a microfoundation of political economy beyond rational actor theory and behavioral …