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'Zwangskammerstaat'? Zur Demokratiequalität der Sozialpartnerschaft
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Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien
Abstract "How can we judge the democratic quality of Austrian neo-corporatism («Kammersystem«) and cooperative decision making («Sozialpartnerschaft«)? The paper develops three main hypotheses. First, internal democracy within the existing centralized interest groups is fairly low while the practice of tripa... view more
"How can we judge the democratic quality of Austrian neo-corporatism («Kammersystem«) and cooperative decision making («Sozialpartnerschaft«)? The paper develops three main hypotheses. First, internal democracy within the existing centralized interest groups is fairly low while the practice of tripartite concertation between labour, business and state representatives is not democratically legitimized at all. Second, the general public expresses manifest discontent with present interest organizations while still valuing positively their policy style of cooperative as well as secretive elite bargaining. Thus, degrees of public approval are apparently unrelated to degrees of democratic legitimation. Third, if they want to survive Austrian chambers of labor and business will have to adopt innovative strategies to increase both formal and material legitimation." [autho's abstract]... view less
Keywords
quality; formulation of political objectives; Austria; legitimation; democracy; political institution; political actor; neo-corporatism
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Document language
German
Publication Year
1996
City
Wien
Page/Pages
20 p.
Series
Reihe Politikwissenschaft / Institut für Höhere Studien, Abt. Politikwissenschaft, 29
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications