Neo-corporatism and political parties : Slovenia and Austria

Becker, Joachim (author)

The article analyses the rise, erosion and contestation of neo-corporatism in Austria and Slovenia from a régulationist perspective to highlight the role of political parties. The various relationships between key organisations of capital and labour on one hand and political parties on the other are shown to play a key role in understanding the different dynamics of the contesting of neo-corporatism in the two countries. While organisations of capital and labour have strong links with political parties in Austria, this is not the case in Slovenia. These distinctions have led to a crucial difference in the phase of declining neo-corporatism. The links between organisations of capital and labour with major political parties have contributed to the (precarious) institutional stabilisation of neo-corporatist arrangements in Austria, whereas in Slovenia the key right-wing party managed to destabilise a vital pillar of neo-corporatism.

• Language: English
• Keywords: neo-corporatism, Slovenia, Austria, political parties, economic policy, political systems
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 09.01.2026
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 855-876
• Numbering: Letn. 62, št. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-177933
• UDC: 329(497.4)(436)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.62.4.855
• COBISS.SI-ID: 264581891
• Publication date in RUL: 13.01.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Neokorporativizem in politične stranke v Sloveniji in Avstriji

Abstract

Članek proučuje vzpon, erozijo in izpodbijanje neokorporativizma v Avstriji in Slovenije iz regulacionistične perspektive, ki poudarja vlogo političnih strank. Članek pokaže, da imajo različni odnosi med ključnimi organizacijami kapitala in dela na eni strani in političnimi strankami na drugi strani ključen vpliv na različne dinamike izpodbijanja in nasprotovanja neokorporativizmu v obeh državah. Organizacije kapitala in delavstva v Avstriji imajo močne povezave s političnimi strankami, v Sloveniji pa temu ni tako. Te razlike so imele ključen vpliv v fazi, ko je neokorporativizem postal šibkejši. Povezave med organizacijami kapitala in delavstva na eni strani in ključnimi političnimi strankami na drugi strani so pripomogle k (negotovi) institucionalni stabilizaciji neokorporativističnih ureditev v Avstriji, medtem ko je ključni desničarski stranki uspelo destabilizirati ključni steber neokorporativizma v Sloveniji.

• Keywords: neokorporativizem, Slovenija, Avstrija, politične stranke, ekonomska politika, politični sistemi