Since you apparently took my 'meaning', what descriptor might better serve to pose my [original] question?
martin
On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:24 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism>
>
> Historically, corporatism or corporativism (Italian: corporativismo)
> refers to a political or economic system in which power is given to
> civic assemblies that represent economic, industrial, agrarian,
> social, cultural, and professional groups.