Definition of Corporatism

1. Noun. Control of a state or organization by large interest groups. "Individualism is in danger of being swamped by a kind of corporatism"

Generic synonyms: Control

Definition of Corporatism

1. Noun. Political / Economic system in which power is exercised through large organizations (businesses, trade unions, their associated lobbying efforts, etc.) working in concert or conflict with each other; usually with the goal of influencing or subsuming the direction of the state and generally only to benefit their own socioeconomic agendas at the expense of the will of the people, and to the detriment of the common good. ¹

2. Noun. The influence of large business corporations in politics. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corporatism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corporatism

corporately
corporates
corporatese
corporatespeak
corporatewide
corporation
corporation law
corporation pop
corporations
corporationwide
corporatisation
corporatise
corporatised
corporatises
corporatising
corporatism (current term)
corporatisms
corporatist
corporatists
corporative
corporativism
corporativisms
corporatization
corporatizations
corporatize
corporatized
corporatizes
corporatizing
corporatocracies
corporatocracy

Literary usage of Corporatism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Empowerment Through Economic Transformation by Meshack M. Khosa (2001)
"Neo-traditional corporatism. Paper presented at the Walter Rodney ... corporatism and Political Transactions: Some Ruminations on the Ghanaian Experience. ..."

2. Public Participation in Democratic Governance in South Africa by Gregory F. Houston, Richard Humphries, Ian Liebenberg (2001)
"Neo-traditional corporatism (paper presented at the Walter Rodney ... corporatism and political transactions: Some ruminations on the Ghanaian experience. ..."

3. Capital, the State, and Labour: A Global Perspective by Juliet Schor, Jong-Il You (1995)
"They use the distinction between state corporatism and societal corporatism ... Societal corporatism refers to systems in which the legitimacy of the state ..."

4. OECD Employment Outlook: Boosting Jobs and Incomes by SourceOECD (Online service) (2006)
"A majority of the cross-country regression studies summarised in Table 3.9 have concluded that a high degree of corporatism (ie high centralisation and/or ..."

5. Forest Certification: a policy perspective by Chris Elliott (2000)
"According to van Waarden, corporatism involves a well-organised system of interest ... corporatism is characterised by a search for consensus among the ..."

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