The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities For Prosperity

by Michael J. Piore, Charles F. Sabel, Charles Sabel

Two MacArthur Prize Fellows argue that to get out of its current economic crisis industry should abandon its attachment to standardized mass production for a system of flexible specialization.

Genres: Economics, Sociology, History, Politics

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very much a product of the early 1980s, and so some of the later chapters in particular seem out of date. But the core argument is still provocative, if partly proven incorrect. That argument is basically that the success of Fordist mass production / mass consumption in the 20th century was not inevitable, and it is unlikely to be revived. A potential next phase will bring back certain principles associated with earlier modes of craft-based production like smaller factories, more skilled workers, more flexible machinery, and more diversified markets.

[Yisu Z. · Rating 5 out of 5]

相当超前的「修正史学」，核心是重讲了「资本主义大机器生产」的故事，揭示资本主义的多样性（VoC观点在多达程度上继承了他们？）。作者写到了很多的不同领域，但最吸引人的是讲工厂的生产方式（shop-floor regime），法国德国意大利日本，各个都不一样，美式的大流水线生产征服全世界只是一个myth。既不是新古典经济学，也不是马克思主义，更偏历史一点。很有启发。

[Salahuddin Hourani]

ملاحظة لي - لم اقرا الكتاب بعد

عن اتجاه العمل كوظيفة في العصر الحديث الى دوام التغير والتقلب دون معرفة راسخة او تقدير للجهد والتعلم، فالقيمة للسرعة ومواكبة التغير والانسلاخ من المراحل السابقة

[Leonardo]

Sobre la crisis y reestructuración de la producción capitalista en los ´60 y ´70.

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