Between Fordism and Flexibility The Automobile Industry and Its Workers

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 strategyZeitlin, Jonathan is the author of 'Between Fordism and Flexibility The Automobile Industry and Its Workers' with ISBN 9780854963126 and ISBN 085496312X.