Wiarda classifies corporatism in historical or "natural" corporatism,ideological corporatism, manifest corporatism, and modern neocorporatism. Historical or "natural" corporatism would occur in many premodern societies that are founded on traditions emphasizing solidarity,group identity, and community. These include the ethnic, clan, and tribalbasis of African politics, many of the Confucian based societies of EastAsia, the group, clan, and caste based societies of South Asia, ...