Liberal corporatism

For form of corporatism associated with social democracies, sometimes also called 'Liberal corporatism', see Social corporatism.
For the thesis about the interdependence between private corporations and government regulation, specifically in the United States, see corporate liberalism.

Liberal corporatism is an economic-democratic and liberal-socialist application of corporatism, which seeks workers' election of management and minimal state intervention in sector bargaining over economic policy.[1] However, some forms of liberal corporatism exhibit non-socialist and nationalist-liberal characteristics.[2][3] 'Liberal corporatism' is often in conflict with 'liberal pluralism', which opposes granting power to organised interest groups.[1]

English liberal socialist philosopher John Stuart Mill supported corporatism as needing to predominate in society to create equality for labourers and give them a voice in management through democratic economic rights.[4] Unlike a number of other forms of corporatism, liberal corporatism does not reject markets or individualism, but rather believes that a business is a social institution that requires a recognition of the needs of its members.[5] This liberal corporatist ethic was similar to Taylorism but called for democratisation of the firm and election of management.[5]

Liberal corporatism was an influential component of the progressivism in the United States that has been referred to as "interest group liberalism".[6] Labour leaders' and progressives' advocacy of liberal corporatism is believed to have been influenced in reaction to the rise of syndicalism and particularly anarcho-syndicalism at the time in Europe.[6] Liberal corporatism is commonly supported by proponents in Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Frank Bealey, Richard A. Chapman, Michael Sheehan. Elements in political science. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 1999. P36. ISBN 0748611096
  2. ^ Larry Eugene Jones (1988). German Liberalism and the Dissolution of the Weimar Party System, 1918-1933. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 410–415.
  3. ^ Peter Fritzsche (1990). Rehearsals for Fascism: Populism and Political Mobilization in Weimar Germany. Oxford University Press. p. 197.
  4. ^ Gregg, Samuel. The commercial society: foundations and challenges in a global age. Lanham, USA; Plymouth, UK: Lexington Books, 2007. Pp. 109. ISBN 073911994X
  5. ^ a b Waring, Stephen P. Taylorism Transformed: Scientific Management Theory Since 1945. University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Pp. 193. ISBN 0807844691
  6. ^ a b Wiarda, Howard J. Corporatism and comparative politics. M.E. Sharpe, 1996. Pp. 134. ISBN 156324716X
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