Flexible accumulation coexists with entrenched Fordist production rather than replacing it.
Evidence
Flexible technologies and organizational forms have not become hegemonic everywhere (but then neither did the Fordism that preceded them). The current con juncture is characterized by a mix of highly efficient Fordist produc tion (often nuanced by flexible technology and output) in some sectors and regions (like cars in the USA, Japan, or South Korea) and more traditional production systems (such as those of Singapore, Taiwan, or Hong Kong) resting on ‘artisanal,’ paternalistic, or patriarchal (familial) labour relations, embodying quite different mechan isms of labour control. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1213
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The 1973 recession undermined Fordism and birthed a new accumulation regime — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 864; Flexible production bypassed Fordist rigidity to serve quick-changing markets — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 936; Coexisting modes of production must be visible together for totality to be thinkable — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 862 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Flexible production bypassed Fordist rigidity to serve quick-changing markets
#contradicts(0.90) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 936 - The Fordist mass production model is misrepresented by post-Fordist theorists.
#corroborates(0.80) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 507 - Coexisting modes of production must be visible together for totality to be thinkable
#corroborates(0.75) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 862 - Europe wanted Fordist efficiency while retaining parasitic surplus-value consumers.
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