Overview

This text is an account of life in the new lean production workplace - the car industry, where it all began. It brings together the two emblematic features of the 20th century: a working class meant to topple the social order, and a product that largely provided the developmental model of that same order. This book is neither a retrospective assessment nor a prediction for the future: it reveals what has changed and what has remained the same, in a workplace that remains a major part of the makeup of our society.

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Author:   J. Durand ,  N. Hatzfeld ,  et al
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9781403904065

ISBN 10:   1403904065
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   24 January 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Peugeot-Sochaux: A Solid Inheritance and Incessant Change The Line Seen from Below Career Trajectories & the Composition of Identity The Labyrinthine Complexities of Informal Adjustment Possible Future for the Sochaux System

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This is an outstanding study of 'life on the line' at the trim and final assembly shops of Peugeot's Sochaux complex, 'the biggest factory in France'. The author's central concern is to understand and analyse the changes that have been wrought in persuit of lean production, but they emphasize the complex and contested character of these developments.

Author Information

JEAN-PIERRE DURAND is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Centre de Recerches Pierre Naville at the University of Paris - Evry. He is the co-author of After Fordism (1997), with Robert Boyer and is a member of the International Steering Committee of GERPISA. - NICOLAS HATZFELD is a labour historian and worked on the Peugeot line for two years (1998-99).

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