Corporatism

Historically, corporatism or corporativism (Italian corporativismo) is a political system in which legislative power is given to corporations that represent economic, industrial and professional groups. Unlike pluralism, in which many groups must compete for control of the state, in corporatism, certain unelected bodies take a critical role in the decision-making process. A corporatist state

External links

• publiceye.org discusses this article, and provides copious references on the subject
• Constitution of Fiume
• Rerum Novarum: encyclical of pope Leo XIII on capital and labor
• Quadragesimo Anno: encyclical of pope Pius XI on reconstruction of the social order