Keman and Pennings point out some conceptual and methodological flaws in Crepaz and Lijphart's claim that corporatism is part and parcel of consensual types of democracy.
Does the international economy define the limits of domestic politics in this “global age”? What role, if any, do different political institutions play as waves of internationalization reach the ...shores of national politics? If the once coveted principle of sovereignty erodes as a result of globalization, who will address the demands of marginalized and dislocated citizens? Where is the locus of legitimate government if that very government is paralyzed by international market forces? We believe these to be some of the most central questions facing policymakers, scholars, business people, and ordinary citizens alike as what is called globalization impinges on
It is argued that corporatism is the interest group system that goes together with the consensual type of democracy and that its opposite, the "pluralist" interest group system, goes together with ...majoritarian democracy.
