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Restructuring the Capitalist Labour Process: Some Lessons from the Car Industry

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  • Kaplinsky, Raphael

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This paper examines the evolution of the capitalist labor process. The inherited Fordist structure involves the specialization and deskilling of work, the standardization of output, and the application of F. W. Taylor's top-down managerial approach. Through a case study of the Japanese car industry, a new form of capitalist work-organization is described, involving multitasking and multiskilling two-way flows of information, worker responsibility for quality, and flexibility. There is a strong contrast between inventory control in both forms of work-organization. The paper also considers the transfer of the new labor process to other countries. Copyright 1988 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Kaplinsky, Raphael, 1988. "Restructuring the Capitalist Labour Process: Some Lessons from the Car Industry," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 12(4), pages 451-470, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:12:y:1988:i:4:p:451-70
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    1. William J.V. Neill, 1991. "Industrial policy in Detroit: The search for a new regional development model in the home of Fordism," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 6(3), pages 250-270, November.
    2. Carlsson, Bo, 1992. "The Rise of Small Business: Causes and Consequences," Working Paper Series 357, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
    3. Pablo Fajnzylber, 1994. "A Capacitação Tecnológica na Indústria Brasileira de Computadores e Periféricos: do Suporte Governamental à Dinâmica do Mercado," Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG 071, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
    4. Pelagidis, Theodore, 1997. "La flexibilité du travail dans le secteur du textile et de l' habillement en Grèce du Nord [Labour flexibility in the clothing and textiles sector of Norhtern Greece]," MPRA Paper 107060, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. E Sheppard, 1990. "Transportation in a Capitalist Space-Economy: Transportation Demand, Circulation Time, and Transportation Innovations," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 22(8), pages 1007-1024, August.

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