Corporatism and Accountability Organized Interests in British Public Life

by Crouch, Colin; Dore, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9780198275909
• ISBN10: 0198275900
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-05-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

During the 1970s, organized interests increasingly became involved in lobbying and advising the British government, often even administering public services. Known as "corporatism," this phenomenon involved professional organizations, trade associations, charities, and single-interest pressure groups, and was frequently the object of public hostility. Although by the 1980s, corporatism seemed to have been repudiated, evidence of corporatism continues. The book is the result of a study undertaken by the Social Science Research Council to investigate the accountability of the organizations and to determine if corporatism threatens parliamentary government.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Whatever Happened to Corporatism?	p. 1
Changes To Corporatistinstitutions, 1979-1989	p. 40
Changes To Corporatistinstitutions, 1979-1989	p. 41
Japan: A Nation Made for Corporatism?	p. 45
References	p. 61
Corporatism and Accountability: The Democratic Dilemma	p. 63
References	p. 99
Regulating Britain, Regulating America Corporatism and the Securities Industry	p. 103
References	p. 122
The Engineering Profession From Self-Regulation to State-Sponsored Collaboration	p. 125
Conclusion	p. 144
References	p. 148
Corporatist Interest Intermediation Government-Building Society Relations inthe UK	p. 149
References	p. 167
Agricultural Regulation and the Politicsof Milk Production	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 187
References	p. 197
The MSC's Area Manpower Boards The Role of Employer and Union Representatives	p. 199
References	p. 211
Tripartite Industrial Training Systems A Comparative Study	p. 213
Conclusions	p. 245
References	p. 248
Cleavage and Concertation The Limits of a Corporatist Analysis of the Scottish Political Economy	p. 249
References	p. 279
List of Contributors	p. 283
Index	p. 287
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