Still Corporatism in Scandinavia? A Survey of Recent Empirical Findings

Blom‐Hansen, Jens

doi:10.1111/1467-9477.00035

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“…Following Cawson this fusion is unavoidable: ''…corporatism is an appropriate concept because it represents the fusion within a closed relationship of the processes of interest representation and policy implementation which is characteristic of all forms of corporatism' ' (1986, p. 312). More recent work suggests that this fusion may not be as self-evident as often assumed, and in fact it is quite possible to have more corporatism in policy formulation and less in implementation or vice versa (Christiansen and Sidenius 1999;Blom-Hansen 2000Farsund and Rommetvedt 1996).…”

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Varieties of Democracy: Interest Groups and Corporatist Committees in Scandinavian Policy Making

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Corporatism may be seen as variety of capitalism in which specific structural prerequisites such as unionization, centralization, and strong states combined with bargaining and concertation produce certain economic outputs. Corporatism may also be seen as a variety of democracy in which interest groups are integrated in the preparation and/or implementation of public policies. Departing in the last position, we measure the strength of Scandinavian corporatism by the involvement of interest groups in public committees, councils, and commissions. Corporatism in relation to the preparation of policy has gone down in all three Scandinavian countries whereas corporatism in implementation processes are more varied among the three countries.Résumé Le corporatisme peut être envisagé comme une forme de capitalisme, dans lequel des conditions préalables structurelles spécifiques, comme le syndicalisme, la centralisation, et des Etats forts, associés à la négociation et à la concertation produisent certains résultats économiques. Le corporatisme peut également être vu comme une forme de de´mocratie, dans laquelle des groupes d'intérêts forment un ensemble cohérent pour la préparation et la mise en oeuvre des politiques publiques. Partant de cette dernière considération, nous mesurons la force du corporatisme existant en Scandinavie, par l'engagement des groupes d'intérêt dans les comités publiques, les conseils et les commissions. Le corporatisme dans le cadre de la pré-paration des politiques a été retenu dans les trois pays scandinaves, tandis que les procédés de mise du corporatisme recouvrent une variété plus étendue dans ces trois pays.Zusammenfassung Korporatismus könnte als eine Form des Kapitalismus angesehen werden, in der bestimmte strukturelle Vorraussetzungen wie gewerkschaftliche Organisierung, Zentralisierung und ein starker Staat kombiniert mit Tarifverhandlungen and Konzertierung bestimmte ökonomische Ergebnisse bewirken. Korporatismus könnte auch als eine Form von Demokratie angesehen werden, in der Interessengruppen in die Vorbereitung und/oder Implementierung von politischen Maßnahmen integriert sind. Ausgehend von der letzteren Position haben wir die Stärke des skandinavischen Korporatismus anhand der Involvierung von Interessengruppen in öffentlichen Ausschüssen, Gremien und Kommissionen bewertet. Korporatismus in Verbindung mit der Vorbereitung von Maßnahmen hat in allen drei skandinavischen Ländern abgenommen, während Korporatismus in Implementierungsprozessen in den drei Ländern vielfältiger geworden ist.Resumen El corporativismo puede verse como una variedad del capitalismo en la que determinados requisitos previos estructurales, como la unionización, la centralización y los estados fuertes combinados con la negociación y la concertación, producen determinados resultados económicos. El corporativismo también puede verse como una variedad de democracia, en la cual se integran grupos de interés para la preparación o la aplicación de políticas públicas. Partiendo de la última postura, evaluamos la fuer...

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Section: Corporatism and ''Varieties Of Democracy''mentioning

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Varieties of Democracy: Interest Groups and Corporatist Committees in Scandinavian Policy Making

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“…Denmark has commonly been classified among the medium corporatized countries along with countries such as Germany and the Netherlands (Lijphart and Crepaz 1991;Siaroff 1999). The general decline in corporatism has also been identified in Denmark, especially in terms of involving interest groups in policy preparation (Blom-Hansen 2000;.…”

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From classic to modern corporatism. Interest group representation in Danish public committees in 1975 and 2010

Binderkrantz¹,

Christiansen²

2015

Journal of European Public Policy

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Involving interest groups in public committees is a crucial feature of policy making in many democratic systems. This article investigates how the composition of committees in Denmark has developed from 1975 to 2010 with specific focus on interest group seats. We argue that the committee system has been adapted in response to societal changes. We expect relatively better representation of citizen groups over time and a decline in the level of concentration in access. These expectations are tested in an analysis of the composition of all public committees in the two years. We find remarkable stability in the 35 year period, but also an adaptation of the committee system largely in the expected direction. This traditional corporatist institution appears less weakened than often assumed.

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“…However, since the 1980s, the institutionalist position of civil society in policymaking in Sweden has weakened, as it has in Denmark and Norway as well (Blom-Hansen 2000;Lindvall and Sebring 2005). In fact, the formal inclusion of CSOs on government boards and agencies was formally abolished in the early 1990s.…”

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Toward a New Social Contract? The Participation of Civil Society in Swedish Welfare Policymaking, 1958–2012

Lundberg

2017

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Still Corporatism in Scandinavia? A Survey of Recent Empirical Findings

Cited by 117 publications

References 17 publications

Varieties of Democracy: Interest Groups and Corporatist Committees in Scandinavian Policy Making

Varieties of Democracy: Interest Groups and Corporatist Committees in Scandinavian Policy Making

From classic to modern corporatism. Interest group representation in Danish public committees in 1975 and 2010

Toward a New Social Contract? The Participation of Civil Society in Swedish Welfare Policymaking, 1958–2012

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