Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry: Competition, Power and Industrial Flexibility.

Abstract

List of Tables - Introduction: Competition, Power and Industrial Flexibility: Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry F.C.Deyo - PART 1: ORIGINS AND DIFFUSION OF FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION - The Transformation of Industrial Relations in Postwar Japan S.Levine - Japanese Automotive Transplants and the Transfer of the Japanese Production System R.Florida & M.Kenney - PART 2: DISPERSION TO THE PERIPHERY - Industrial Relations in the Korean Auto Industry: The Implications of Industrial Sector Requirements and Societal Effects for International Competitiveness R.Rodgers - Competition, Flexibility and Industrial Ascent: The Thai Auto Industry F.C.Deyo - PART 3: LABOR'S RESPONSE - Change, But in What Direction?: Divergent Union Responses to Work Restructuring in the Integrated North American Auto Industry P.Kumar & J.Holmes - The Politics of Industrial Restructuring: Transnational Firms' Search for Flexible Production in the Mexican Automobile Industry K.Middlebrook - A Diversity of New Work Organization: Human-Centred, Lean and In-Between L.Turner & P.Auer - PART 4: POLICY ALTERNATIVES AND SOCIAL OUTCOMES - Regulatory Frameworks and Development in the North American Auto Industry S.Herzenberg - Conclusion: Competition, Politics and the Social Construction of Flexible Production Systems F.C.Deyo - Index

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