THE POLITICS OF FLEXIBILITY: Restructuring State and Industry in Britain, Germany and Scandinavia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852785489 ISBN 13: 9781852785482

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

This book presents both theoretical and empirical studies of the current reorganization of economic, political and social relations in Britain, West Germany and Scandinavia. The contributors provide critical and well-informed commentaries on issues such as the transition from "Fordism" to "Post-Fordism", discourses and strategies of flexibility, the recomposition of labour markets and labour processes, the changing functions of the welfare state, and the transformation of the state. The arguments are illustrated using cases drawn equally from these three significant and distinct patterns of political economy. In particular, the book assesses how the need for increased "flexibility" influenced the intellectual and organizational responses of these countries to the crises of the late 1970s.

About this title

From the Author:

Edited by Bob Jessop, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK, Hans Kastendiek, Professor of British and American Studies, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, Klaus Nielsen, Professor of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark and Senior Lecturer of Management, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK and Ove Kai Pedersen, International Centre for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1852785489
• ISBN 13: 9781852785482
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Jessop Bob, Kastendiek Hans, Nielsen Klaus, Pedersen Ove K.