European deindustrialization after the 1970s fragmented entire categories of employed people

Evidence

As from the 1970s, the social relationships specific to industry underwent considerable transformation. Fordism was challenged, whereas productivity agreements and the relocation of factories in emerging countries culminated in massive redundancies in European industries. Europe began to experience a slowdown in growth rates and the phenomenon of dual economies characterized by unemployment, exclusion, and fragmentation for whole categories of the employed population. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3152

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 1970s economic crisis fundamentally changed urban development patterns — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 579; Advanced economies have faced downward economic and productivity growth since the 1970s — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 27; De-industrialisation fragmented labour and replaced class struggle with identity politics — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 672 (+1 more)