Does Administrative Corporatism Promote Trust and Deliberation

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ID6263302
AuthorsPerola Öberg (0000-0002-3522-4966, Uppsala University, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume15
Issue4
Pages455-475
Publication date2002-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGovernance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0952-1895.00197
OpenAlexW2126115765
LanguageEN
Citations received26

How corporatist arrangements actually work has not been empirically demonstrated, despite the theoretical focus on interest intermediation. This article investigates whether corporatism affects trust and deliberation in state activities, using Swedish public administration as a case study. First, it is doubtful that corporatism directly promotes trust among citizens, but it very likely promotes trust within and between the represented organizations. Second, interest–group representation cannot be understood as a process of strict delivering of positions adopted in advance. Preferences are often transformed in discussions where other interests are involved. Furthermore, the case investigated here shows that the decision–making process within a corporatist arrangement resembles deliberation, rather than negotiations between “contesting interests

Business · Corporatism · Deliberation · Intermediation · Law and economics · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Representation (politics · Sociology · Work (physics · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Capital and Networks

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