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Fordism to post Fordism in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article presents an overview of Fordism and Post Fordism in the UK and looks at the transition from one period to another. It looks at the roots of Fordism in the mass production techniques used by the Ford motor company in America and its application as a label to describe the political, economic and social characteristics of an era.
Taylor, Simon Peter
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FORDISM AND POST-FORDISM: A CRITICAL REFORMULATION

open access: yes, 2005
As the language of Fordism and post-Fordism has entered everyday discussion it has also been vulgarized.1 This reduces its utility for theoretical understanding and empirical analysis and generates many confusions and controversies. This chapter critically reworks the conventional terminology of Fordism and post-Fordism by distinguishing four levels ...
Jessop, Bob
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Productivity and the crisis of Fordism

open access: yesInternational Review of Applied Economics, 1990
The paper examines the claim by the regulation school of French economists that the slackening of productivity growth in the advanced capitalist countries reflects the erosion of the ‘Fordist’ system of production. Productivity trends are analysed for the biggest six OECD countries for the period prior to the 1974 oil shock.
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Fordism, Post-Fordism and Economic Geography

open access: yesInternational Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
This paper explores the evolution, concepts, and transformations within the field of Economic Geography, beginning with an overview of its origins, nature, and scope. It establishes the discipline’s foundational ties to economics and introduces the classification of economic activities into primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary sectors. Emphasis
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