Features of the Transition
to Neo-/Post-Fordism
(PDF)

Vinay Gidwani

Introduction

This is a short discussion of the transition from place-based, assembly-line Fordist production (the era of "organized capitalism") to globally variegated and flexible Neo-Fordist production ("flexible accumulation"), or what is sometimes called an era of Post-Fordism (the era of "disorganized capitalism"). According to reigning interpretations in industrial geography, Neo-Fordism or "flexible accumulation" has two key features.

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