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Corporatism and State Theory

A Review Essay for Historians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Larry G. Gerber
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Over the last twenty years political scientists and sociologists concerned primarily with western European developments since 1945 have attempted to define corporatism as an ideal model for use in analyzing this region's political economies. Several influential American historians in recent years have also employed the concept of corporatism in examining the development of the modern American political economy. Although these historians have not ignored the contemporary European-oriented social science literature, the relationship between the work of historians describing the evolution of America's political economy and the theoretical literature based primarily on more recent European experiences and European concerns remains problematic.

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Social Science History , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , Fall 1995 , pp. 313 - 332
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1995 

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