Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry: Competition, Power and Industrial Flexibility

State University of New York College at Brockport International Instit

ISBN 10: 0312127367 / ISBN 13: 9780312127367

Published by Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Palgrave Macmillan, 1996

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hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition #33662.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry: Competition, Power and Industrial Flexibility
• Publisher: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312127367
• ISBN 13: 9780312127367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • manufacturing & industry
  • social history
  • automotive

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Synopsis

This book assesses the varying ways in which automobile assemblers in several countries of East and Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas have sought to enhance their efficiency and flexibility in response to heightened global competition during the 1980s and early 1990s. It then explores the implications of such managerial strategies for workers and trade unions, and the responses of unions in seeking to preserve or enhance worker welfare and voice under industrial restructuring.