Between Fordism and Flexibility

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A survey of the development of the automobile industry from its origins to the present in a perspective informed by current upheavals in markets, technology and work organization. The volume examines the international diffusion of the Fordist model, Fordism being the manufacture of standardized products using special-purpose machinery and unskilled labour. The book goes on to consider how far the recent changes in the industry mark a break with Fordism and draws on the implications for industrial relations and trade union strategy.

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'... an exciting panorama of the history of the world's auto industry labour/management relations ... The quality and breadth of its empirical research makes it near unique.' Business History

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Jonathan Zeitlin and Steven Tolliday