The Transition to Flexibility

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1 The Current Transition in Industrial CapitalismTransitions in Industrial Capitalism: A Regulationist Approach -- Fordism -- A New Method of Production? -- In the Sequel -- References -- 2 Technology, Competitiveness, and Flexibility: Constantly Evolving Concepts -- Technology -- Competitiveness -- Flexibility -- Flexible Places -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Labor and Capitalist Accumulation in the Late Twentieth Century: What and Who is Flexible? -- Traditional U.S. Labor Relations -- The Japanese Production System -- The New Knowledge Worker in America -- The Non-Think Workers -- The Concept of Flexible Accumulation Reconsidered -- Endnotes -- References -- 4 Preparing Workers and Students for the New Workplace -- Basic Skills Demands of the New Workplace -- Basic Skills Levels of Current Employees -- Current School Practices and Student Abilities -- Promising Developments in School and Workplace Education -- Summary -- References -- 5 Large Firm Strategies: Spatial Patterns of Production -- Views of National Economic Development -- Views of Firm Evolution -- Géographes of Production in Large Firms -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Services and Flexible Production: Contingent But Mutually Reinforcing Systems -- What Are Services? -- Forces Driving the Growth of Services -- Flexibility and the Externalization of Services -- The Digital Revolution and the Changing Geography of Producer Services -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 7 Inter-Firm Collaboration and Industrial Competitiveness -- Basic Changes in the World Eocnomy -- The Importance of Adding Value -- The Dimensions of Modernization -- Modernization and Public Policy -- 8 Government Response to Structural Change and the Implementation of More Flexible Management and Production Systems -- Background -- The Policy Context -- Specific Policy Challenges -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- 9 Fixed Structures in Transition: The Changing Demand for Office and Industrial Infrastructure -- Milwaukee: A Traditional Industrial City -- Office Infrastructure -- Industrial Infrastructure -- Redevelopment Challenges -- Fixed Structures in Transition: Summary and Prognosis -- Endnotes -- References -- 10 Period and Place, Capitalist Development, and the Flexible Specialization Debate -- The Nature of Capitalist Development in Time and Space -- The Contemporary Conjuncture -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 11 The Current Transition Reconsidered -- Summary of the Essays Contained in the Book -- Conclusions -- References.

10.1007/978-1-4613-1425-7 [DOI]

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