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The rise and decline of corporatism: The case of Sweden
Author(s) -
LEWIN LEIF
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1994.tb01205.x
Subject(s) - corporatism , parliament , incentive , representation (politics) , political economy , democracy , political science , politics , political opportunity , state (computer science) , economic system , social movement , development economics , sociology , economics , market economy , law , algorithm , computer science
. Corporatism is a method to pacify intense minorities by giving them another opportunity to influence politics when they have no chance in parliament. This possibility helps to keep the system together; minorities get an incentive to stick to the system and social integration is promoted. During the 1980s we have, however, witnessed a gradual decline of this neocorporatist model of interest representation. Europe is approaching the American pluralist model instead. Sweden, once the prototype of the Social Democratic Corporatist State, is the best example of this change.