Liberal corporatism

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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',[ clarification needed ] 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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  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Waring, Stephen P. Taylorism Transformed: Scientific Management Theory Since 1945. University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Pp. 193. ISBN   0807844691
  6. 1 2 Wiarda, Howard J. Corporatism and comparative politics. M.E. Sharpe, 1996. Pp. 134. ISBN   156324716X
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