Varieties of Democracy: Interest Groups and Corporatist Committees in Scandinavian Policy Making |
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Authors: | Peter Munk Christiansen Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard Hilmar Rommetvedt Torsten Svensson Gunnar Thesen PerOla Öberg |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Universitetsparken, Aarhus C, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark;(2) Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M, 5230 Odense, Denmark;(3) International Research Institute of Stavanger, P.O. Box 8046, 4068 Stavanger, Norway;(4) Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen, Box 514, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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