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INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING IN A PERIOD OF CRISIS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CANADIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, 1973–83. *
Author(s) -
HOLMES JOHN
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
antipode
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.177
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1467-8330
pISSN - 0066-4812
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8330.1988.tb00165.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , fordism , context (archaeology) , capital (architecture) , auto industry , capital accumulation , period (music) , economy , market economy , economics , economic system , economic geography , business , automotive industry , human capital , engineering , history , physics , archaeology , finance , acoustics , aerospace engineering
The recent crisis in the North American economy is rooted in the disintegration of a particular model of capital accumulation known as Fordism. Using the empirical context of the auto industry in Canada the paper analyses the development and subsequent breakdown of Fordism and the forms taken by the restructuring which has occurred in response to the crisis.