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Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry

Competition, Power and Industrial Flexibility

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Frederic C. Deyo

    1. State University of New York, Brockport, USA

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry

    1. Introduction: Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry

      • Frederic C. Deyo
      Pages 1-17

  3. Origins and Diffusion of flexible Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. The Transformation of Industrial Relations in Postwar Japan

      • Solomon B. Levine
      Pages 21-50

    3. Japanese Automotive Transplants and the Transfer of the Japanese Production System

      • Richard Florida, Martin Kenney
      Pages 51-83

  6. Policy Alternatives and Social Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
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    2. Regulatory Frameworks and Development in the North American Auto Industry

      • Stephen Herzenberg
      Pages 261-294

    3. Conclusion: Competition, Politics, and the Social Construction of Flexible Labor Systems

      • Frederic C. Deyo
      Pages 295-308

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 309-311
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This book assesses the varying ways in which automobile assemblers in several countries of East and Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas have sought to enhance their efficiency and flexibility in response to heightened global competition during the 1980s and early 1990s. It then explores the implications of such managerial strategies for workers and trade unions, and the responses of unions in seeking to preserve or enhance worker welfare and voice under industrial restructuring.

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  • State University of New York, Brockport, USA

    Frederic C. Deyo

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