Neo-Corporatism

Abstract

"Corporativism" has recently attracted the attention of pluralist, normativist, and neo- Marxist political scientists, who have used it for their own purposes. The state may enter into corporativist relationships out of weakness, but they become a source of strength. The empirical prerequisites of neo-corporatism are identified as being located in the organiza tional structure of groups such as trade unions, the structure of the labor relations system, the varying extent to which policy areas and their associated conflicts are resolvable by recourse to corporatism, and the interaction between parties and interest groups that facilitates or hampers corporatism. Neo-corporatism is not a passing fashion; an increas ing number of interest conflicts lead to corporative mediation.