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Political Unionism and the Corporatist Thesis

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  • Winton Higgins

    (Macquarie University, Sydney)

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The notion of corporatism enjoys wide acceptance as an alternative to pluralist analyses of political processes in the West and as a way of imputing conservative functions to the more developed union movements that involve themselves in public policy and economic management. In both instances, the corporatist thesis rests on ahistorical functionalist assumptions and even fails to make out its claim to be an alternative to pluralism. Union involvement in public policy and economic decisionmaking is better understood in terms of unionism's historical maturation and higher levels of ambition in asserting wage-earner interests in economic life, factors that make them harbingers of radical change.

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  • Winton Higgins, 1985. "Political Unionism and the Corporatist Thesis," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 6(3), pages 349-381, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:6:y:1985:i:3:p:349-381
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X8500600305
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    1. Andrew Vandenberg & David Hundt, 2012. "Corporatism, crisis and contention in Sweden and Korea during the 1990s," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 33(3), pages 463-484, August.
    2. Ian Hampson, 1997. "The End of the Experiment: Corporatism Collapses in Australia," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 18(4), pages 539-566, November.
    3. Winton Higgins, 1987. "Unions as Bearers of Industrial Regeneration: Reflections on the Australian Case," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 8(2), pages 213-236, May.
    4. Geoff Dow, 1991. "The Swedish Model and the Anglo-Saxon Model: Reflections on the Fate of Social Democracy in Australia," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 12(4), pages 515-526, November.

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