The Mass Worker and Ford’s Strategy

Massimo Angelis
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Massimo Angelis: University of East London

Chapter 4 in Keynesianism, Social Conflict and Political Economy, 2000, pp 37-49 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In Chapters 2 and 3 I have critically discussed the theoretical apparatus of the Keynesianism of Keynes. In Chapter 2, dealing with the origin of Keynes’ “revolution,” it was shown a direct relation between working-class struggles and the development of economic theory. In Chapter 3, I have approached the matter in more abstract terms, because the task there was to uncover the political meaning of some fundamental economic categories informing the Keynesian revolution. Post-war Keynesianism as an economic strategy presupposed a “social deal” which allowed capital to regulate the class relation or, in other terms, the balance between surplus and necessary labor. In this and in Chapter 5, therefore, I will instead deal with the historical evolution of this social conflict and I will emphasize some key institutional forms which were created or adopted as part of the strategies for its handling. I call the “social microfoundations” of Keynesianism the set of institutions and strategies aimed at the management of this class conflict.

Keywords: Assembly Line; Immigrant Worker; Class Composition; Sociological Department; Ford Motor Company (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333977491_4

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