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P. 259). More recent accounts based on a pluralist perspective may be termed neo-pluralist in so far as they have moved away from the emphasis of some of the earlier discussions on interest group activity and the consequent neglect of the various interlocutors with which groups interacted, not least the state. In particular, the 'policy community' approach provides a framework for examining the behaviour of a whole range of actors within a particular political arena. Jordan and Richardson argue that within the setting of sectors based on government departments, 'there is a tendency for policy communities to emerge.
248). There is also broad agreement that neither the state nor capital are monolithic entities, but are composed of a variety of conflicting inter- The Power of Business 39 ests and persp~ctives, some of which are more influential at particular times than others. As Coates notes from his perspective, the 'basic unity of class interests should not blind us to the fact that, more normally, politicians operate within a plurality of pressures from the world of capital, and accordingly face a multiplicity of potentially conflicting demands from it' (Coates, David, 1984, p.
Corporatism is a model of inclusion, which also implies exclusion. In general terms, it usually privileges business over consumers. , higher investment), and is better organised politically. Corporatism also tends to freeze existing power structures, and makes non-incremental change more difficult. This is an important consideration when viewed in the context of the shift towards greater economic globalisation. As Traxler notes (1990, p. 26): Overall, since internationalization has become an indispensable element of economic restructuring, there is a self-destructive tendency inherent in the corporatist mode of modernization.