 Technocracy, Corporatism, and the Development of ‘Economic Parliaments’ in Interwar EuropeAntónio Costa Pinto ()
Chapter Chapter 7 in Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe, 2021, pp 181-212 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract In Interwar Europe corporatism was mainly used to refer to the comprehensive organization of political society seeking to replace liberal democracy with an anti-individualist system of representation. In fact, in many cases corporatist, or ‘economic parliaments’, either co-existed with and assisted parliaments or replaced them with a new type of legislature with consultative functions, which provided the government with technical assistance. The most influential theorist of Quadragesimo Anno, the Jesuit Heirich Pesch, did mention the ‘economic parliament’ as a ‘central clearing house’ of his organic view. In 1937 Karl Loewenstein saw ‘this romantic concept of organic representation’, in new legislatures trying to be a ‘true mirror of the social forces of the nation and a genuine replica of its economic structure’. However, the role of corporatist bodies in dictatorships was certainly much less romantic. The chapter explores the processes of corporatist institutional reform, both under democracy and dictatorship, in interwar Europe and its ideological legitimation. Date: 2021 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:pshchp:978-3-030-47102-6_7 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47102-6_7 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought from Palgrave Macmillan |
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