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The decline of mass production and the challenge to union survival
Author(s) -
Piore Michael
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1986.tb00538.x
Subject(s) - prosperity , craft , production (economics) , economics , political science , economic growth , history , macroeconomics , archaeology
The growing inability of America's mass production industries to underpin economic prosperity is argued by the author as contributing towards the loss of labour's standing in society. He sees some hope in a return to a modified version of the craft union model.