Rethinking the neo-corporatist framework : the case of long-term care

Breznik, Maja (author), Hrženjak, Majda (author)

We examine the relationship between Slovenian neo-corporatism and the welfare state, focusing on long-term care. As corporatism is a struggle against capital, but within the structures of capitalism, it is unable to resist the extension of capitalist relations to the welfare state. However, this extension was expected to have only a limited impact on the public sector, namely increasing the quality and diversity of services. Our analysis shows that a market logic has prevailed throughout the sector. This has significantly reduced the influence of trade unions on the welfare state, which they exchanged for their subordination to capital.

• Language: English
• Keywords: corporatism, long-term care, commodification, welfare state, labour migration, social spending, Slovenia, social welfare, public sector
• 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. 877-895
• Numbering: Letn. 62, št. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-177934
• UDC: 364(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.62.4.877
• COBISS.SI-ID: 264583683
• 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

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Razmislek o neokorporativističnem okviru

Abstract

V članku obravnavamo odnos med slovenskim neokorporativizmom in socialno državo, pri čemer se osredotočamo na dolgotrajno oskrbo. Ker je korporativizem boj proti kapitalu, vendar znotraj struktur kapitalizma, se ni mogel upreti širjenju kapitalističnih odnosov v socialno državo. Vrh tega se je pričakovalo, da bo širitev imela omejene učinke na javni sektor, da bo zgolj povečala kakovost in raznolikost ponudbe. Naša analiza pokaže, da je v resnici vsilila tržno logiko celotnemu sektorju. Tako so si sindikati zmanjšali vpliv na socialno državo, ki so jo ob vzpostavitvi korporativizma menjali za svojo podreditev kapitalu.

• Keywords: korporativizem, dolgotrajna oskrba, poblagovljenje, socialna država, delovne migracije, socialni izdatki, Slovenija, socialno skrbstvo, javni sektor

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: J5-3104
• Name: Transnacionalizacija oskrbe starih – raznolikosti, rekrutacije, neenakosti (TE-DRI)

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P5-0413
• Name: Enakost in človekove pravice v dobi globalnega vladovanja