The Mirage of Neo-Corporatism

The assessment of neo-corporatism as a societal concept involves a cooptation of large organized interests by political decision makers as negotiators that are made coresponsible, or even completely responsible, for the implementation of the results of the institutionalized political bargaining. It...

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Published inKyklos (Basel) Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 603 - 624
Main Author STREIT, MANFRED E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.1988
Wiley Blackwell
Kyklos Verlag
SeriesKyklos
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Corporatism
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Summary:The assessment of neo-corporatism as a societal concept involves a cooptation of large organized interests by political decision makers as negotiators that are made coresponsible, or even completely responsible, for the implementation of the results of the institutionalized political bargaining. It is argued that such a "private-interest government" would violate basic principles of democratic legitimacy and control. Furthermore, no solid theoretical underpinnings are recognizeable that would justify the hope that such a concept would allow the overcoming of the problems of governability and economic performance of the welfare state. Finally, the concept appears to suffer even more from a pretense of knowledge than the present pluralist economic interventionism. Copyright 1988 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG
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ISSN:0023-5962
1467-6435
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6435.1988.tb02732.x