POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Corporatism, Post-Materialism, Metalsmith

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 212
• Professor: Anthony Imbrogno

Document Summary

Poli 212: policy outcomes, the welfare state, and economic crises. Corporatism: tripartite negotiations between the state, employers, union. Working in closer cooperation in order to make policy and implement it at a national level: government in europe is autonomous concept called strong state", different between government (political party) and bureaucracy (administration) Government = cabinet, executive and how it relates to the legislature. Partly outside partisan politics: non-partisan, key to many european democracies, state that looks at its citizens regardless of who is in power. Opposite is usa: weak" state because it is more greatly influenced (lobbied) by interests, political party appointments in bureaucracy extend much deeper than in. Lobbyists influence government: referred to as pluralism. In corporatism, interests are involved in decision-making and policy implementation: trade union: national organization coordinates sector union, business association, state bureaucrats. Describes situation where many interests group vying to influence policy.