State Corporatism

Abstract

State corporatism, which encompasses the long‐standing theory and practice of interest organizing, is a form of authoritarian control where the government preemptively organizes social members into exclusive associations claiming to be their sole legitimate representative. The modern definition of the concept was coined in a 1974 article by Phillipe C. Schmitter who saw it as a system of representation of political and economic interests, although subsequent scholarship adopted a less structural perspective by seeing it as a form of political exchange. More recent views focus on the demise of state corporatism as a consequence of the process of democratization which empowers challengers to dismantle this device of control from the bottom up.

State Corporatism in Village Development Planning

“…This study examines state corporatism in village development planning. State corporatism which many scientists consider to be obsolete, in line with the collapse of authoritarian governments as in Latin America in the 1970s and in Indonesia in 1998, has actually risen again and is a major challenge in realizing village authority (Ho, 2015). The strengthening of state corporatism can be seen from various kinds of state policy instructions such as; Village Standardization in the SDGs and Village Fund Use Policy that shifts village planning patterns.…”