Corporatism, Pluralism, and Swedish Interest Group Influence in Social Welfare Policymaking
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Governance
- Vol. 7 (2) , 165-181
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0491.1994.tb00175.x
Abstract
Corporatism and pluralism predict different characteristics of interest groups; their environments are important in understanding the level of influence that these groups have. This article describes variables related to these theoretical approaches and tests them as determinants of two operationalizations of interest group influence, one objective and one reputational. Results of these tests on Swedish interest group information indicate that, although Sweden has usually been considered a model corporatist political system, the situation is more complicated, with some pluralist factors being quite important. The study suggests that interest group influence may be more objectively determinable than is usually believed.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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