POLI 212 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Mae, Grassroots Democracy, Euro Convergence Criteria
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Poli212 policy outcomes the welfare state and economic crises reading notes. Chapter 9 the state, corporatism, the great meltdown of 2009, and the greek debt crisis of. Corporatism: close cooperation between state and economic interest groups: tripartism, social partnership, representatives of the state bureaucracy meet with representatives of major economic interest groups, attempt to find common solutions to the economic problems of the country. In france, to give legitimacy to the rule, the kings claimed to act in the name of god. Contemporary europe, notion of a higher state interest is perhaps most pronounced in. French bureaucracy exemplifies pronounced form the general characteristics of the state bureaucracies in europe. British civil service, well known for its high professional standards and independence. Marxist sociologists argue that state bureaucrats simply help to maintain the capital system, and when bureaucrats speak of the interests of the state, they really mean the interest of the capitalist class.