Original Articles
Published 2023-09-19
Keywords
- corporatism,
- interest intermediation,
- European democracies,
- structuralist explanations,
- political bargaining practices
How to Cite
Benjamin , M. A. (2023). REVISITING THE ROLE OF CORPORATIST POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN MODERN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY. International Journal of Political and Social Sciences, 7(3), 1–10. Retrieved from https://topjournals.org/index.php/IJPSS/article/view/527
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Abstract
This paper examines the resurgence of corporatist policymaking and interest intermediation practices in several European democracies since the late-1990s, a phenomenon that challenges the prevailing structuralist explanations for corporatism's decline in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The decline of corporatist practices during that period was rooted in the belief that they had become obsolete due to changing economic conditions and diminished utility. However, recent developments have seen a revival of corporatist political bargaining practices, prompting a reevaluation of these earlier assumptions
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