Varieties of Corporatism
A Conceptual Discussion

Originally published in 1985, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of the concept of corporatism.

Peter J. Williamson (Author)

9780521125901, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 January 2010

256 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.38 kg

Originally published in 1985, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of the concept of corporatism. It seeks to develop models of the different types of corporatism against the background of a general model. It represents a systematic attempt to clarify, rather than simply discuss, the concept of corporatism in its various usages. It examines the three varieties of corporatism: a body of nineteenth- and twentieth-century prescriptive economic and social thought; the practice of certain authoritarian regimes with private ownership of the means of production and wage labour; and a theoretical tool of analysis employed to study relations between organised groups and the state in ostensibly liberal democracies. It draws on a wide range of historical and contemporary writing on the subject, and includes a detailed study of the ideas behind and nature of corporatism in Fascist Italy and in Portugal under Salazar and Caetano. The discussion of the varieties of corporatism is clearly related to debates in the social sciences on its nature.

Preface
Part I. Varieties of Corporatism: 1. Varieties of corporatism: an introduction
Part II. Corporatist Thought: Consensual-Licenced Corporatism: 2. Corporatist thought: the state's economic and social responsibilities
3. Corporatist thought: state licenced intermediaries
4. Corporatist thought: the nature of the political system
5. Corporatist thought: concluding thoughts and a model
Part III. Fascist Italy and Portugal 1933–74: Authoritarian-Licensed Corporatism: 6. Corporatism and Fascist Italy 1922–39
7. Corporatism and the Portuguese Estado Novo 1933–74
8. Authoritarian-licensed corporatism: an assessment
Part IV. Neo-Corporatism: The Development of Contract Corporatism: 9. Neo-corporatism and contemporary pluralism
10. Towards the development of a framework of contract-corporatist theory
Part V. Retrospect and Prospect: 11. Conclusion: retrospect and prospect
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP]