AP Comparative Government and Politics / Unit 4: Party and Electoral Systems and Citizen Organizations
4.6 Pluralist and Corporatist Interests
Notes
- Pluralism: many groups compete freely to influence policy (UK).
- Corporatism: the state recognizes and works with a few official groups (business, labor). State corporatism controls them (China).
Practice
The state controlling official labor and business groups is:
Controlled interests.
Many independent groups competing freely is:
Open competition.
Mexico under PRI dominance had strong:
Party-linked groups.
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