What Is State Corporatism?
State corporatism organizes society into officially recognized groups, such as employers, workers and professions, that are controlled by the state and negotiate under its authority. Part of the Technocratic family.
Definition
State corporatism organizes society into officially recognized groups, such as employers, workers and professions, that are controlled by the state and negotiate under its authority.
Atlas definition: written by The Ideology Atlas. Writers and movements define ideologies in different ways; this is a short working definition. Further reading: Wikipedia: Corporatism.
Core ideas
- Interest groups organized and licensed by the state.
- Class collaboration instead of class conflict.
- Strong central authority.
Origins
Interwar Europe and Latin America.
Core ideas, origins and thinkers: Atlas summary.
Where State Corporatism sits on the Atlas maps
| Map dimension | Score (0–100) | Position | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Collective / planned ↔ Market | 36 | near the center | |
| Social Progressive ↔ Traditional | 81 | toward traditional | |
| Authority Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian | 78 | toward authoritarian | |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 84 | toward nationalist | |
| Foreign policy Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 63 | near the center |
All nine underlying dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Economic ownership Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership | 53 | near the center |
| Civil liberties Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions | 71 | toward state restrictions |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 84 | toward nationalist |
| Social and cultural values Progressive ↔ Traditionalist | 85 | toward traditionalist |
| Political governance Democratic ↔ Autocratic | 86 | strongly toward autocratic |
| Equality and hierarchy Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical | 86 | strongly toward hierarchical |
| Economic management Free market ↔ State planning | 89 | strongly toward state planning |
| Military intervention Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 63 | near the center |
| Religion and government Secular state ↔ Religious authority | 71 | toward religious authority |
These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the tradition’s core principles through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.
Estimated positions on key questions
| Statement | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| National borders should become less important over time. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation. | Disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Markets generally distribute goods more effectively than government planners. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| A strong leader who gets things done matters more than following proper procedures. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Traditional values should guide what society considers right and wrong. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| National security can justify restrictions on what journalists publish. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Class distinctions should gradually disappear. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Non-intervention should be the default even when allies request military assistance. | Strongly disagrees | estimated from doctrine |
| Authorities should be allowed to ban extremist political organizations. | Strongly agrees | estimated from doctrine |
Related ideologies
Main differences from the closest ideologies
- Compared with Third Positionism, State Corporatism sits 18 points further toward intervention on the foreign policy dimension.
- Compared with Pan-Nationalism, State Corporatism sits 16 points further toward cosmopolitan on the national identity dimension.
- Compared with Bonapartism, State Corporatism sits 29 points further toward non-intervention on the foreign policy dimension.
Figures with the closest estimated positions
Closeness of estimated positions only; this does not mean these people identify with State Corporatism.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Corporatism
- Wikipedia: State Corporatism (Wikipedia search)
Position last reviewed: not yet reviewed individually.