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: abody of nineteenth- and twentieth-century prescriptive economic and social thought; the practice of certain authoritarian regimes with private ownership ofthe 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 contemporarywriting on the subject, and includes a detailed study of the ideas behind andnature 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. INDICE: 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.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-12590-1
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 14/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés