TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure versus culture again
T2 - Corporatism and the 'new polities' in 16 Western European countries
AU - Todosijević, Bojan
AU - Enyedi, Zsolt
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - Various authors have hypothesized that corporatist institutional arrangements favor the development of 'new polities': new social movements, concern for issues such as peace and ecology, postmaterialist orientation and voting for left-libertarian parties. This article analyzes the relationships between corporatism and 'new polities' using Siaroffs (1999) corporatism scores for 16 West European countries and data from Inglehart et al.'s (1998) World Value Survey. The results of the analysis show that corporatism is related to higher membership in peace movements and also to belief in the urgency of ecological problems. However, it is unrelated to postmaterialist values, votes for 'new parties', approval of the environmentalist and feminist movements, and willingness to contribute financially to environmental protection. The relationships between corporatism and 'new polities' is shown to be somewhat mediated by economic factors, while the hypothesis that postmaterialism is a principal factor behind the popularity of the new social movements is not substantiated.
AB - Various authors have hypothesized that corporatist institutional arrangements favor the development of 'new polities': new social movements, concern for issues such as peace and ecology, postmaterialist orientation and voting for left-libertarian parties. This article analyzes the relationships between corporatism and 'new polities' using Siaroffs (1999) corporatism scores for 16 West European countries and data from Inglehart et al.'s (1998) World Value Survey. The results of the analysis show that corporatism is related to higher membership in peace movements and also to belief in the urgency of ecological problems. However, it is unrelated to postmaterialist values, votes for 'new parties', approval of the environmentalist and feminist movements, and willingness to contribute financially to environmental protection. The relationships between corporatism and 'new polities' is shown to be somewhat mediated by economic factors, while the hypothesis that postmaterialism is a principal factor behind the popularity of the new social movements is not substantiated.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0141953169&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1475-6765.00098
DO - 10.1111/1475-6765.00098
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:0141953169
SN - 0304-4130
VL - 42
SP - 629
EP - 642
JO - European Journal of Political Research
JF - European Journal of Political Research
IS - 5
ER -