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The Transition to Flexibility

By: Daniel C. Knudsen (Editor)

Hardcover

Published: 31st October 1996
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The advanced capitalist nations are currently undergoing an enormous economic, social, and political transformation. At the heart of this transformation is the transition between large scale, standardized production (Fordism) and new, more flexible approaches to manufacturing (flexibility), and a concomitant extension of manufacturing to include products both concrete (goods) and ephemeral (services). This volume explores the consequences of this transition from the standpoints of technology, labor relations, firm strategy, education, government programs, and geography. The book is a collection of papers by well-known scholars investigating the current global transition from mass consumption and production to flexible production for niche markets. The book is unique in that it not only discusses standard economic concerns, but also investigates the social and political implications of this transition. Each chapter is concerned with a different aspect of the same restructuring process.

The Current Transition in Industrial Capitalism
Technology, Competitiveness, and Flexibility: Constantly Evolving Concepts
Labor and Capitalist Accumulation in the Late Twentieth Century: What and Who is Flexible?
Preparing Workers and Students for the New Workplace
Large Firm Strategies: Spatial Patterns of Production
Services and Flexible Production: Contingent But Mutually Reinforcing Systems
Inter-Firm Collaboration and Industrial Competitiveness
Government Response to Structural Change and the Implementation of More Flexible Management and Production Systems
Fixed Structures in Transition: The Changing Demand for Office and Industrial Infrastructure
Period and Place, Capitalist Development, and the Flexible Specialization Debate
The Current Transition Reconsidered
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ISBN: 9780792397601
ISBN-10: 0792397606
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 200
Published: 31st October 1996
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.2
Weight (kg): 1.03