Corporatism is state-licensed monopoly representation of compulsory, noncompetitive interest categories.

Evidence

Corporatism can be defined as a system of interest representation in which the constituent units are organized into a limited number of singular, compulsory, noncompetitive, hierarchically ordered and functionally differentiated categories, recognized or licensed (if not created) by the state and granted a deliberate representational monopoly within their respective categories in exchange for observing certain controls on their selection of leaders and articulation of demands and supports. — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts and Measurement, 506

Categorization

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• DEFINE: Schmitter’s canonical definition of corporatism, including the state-licensing and representational-monopoly conditions.