紹介
In this book Mark Rupert argues that American global power was shaped by the ways in which mass production was institutionalized in the USA, and by the political and ideological struggles integral to this process. The production of an unprecedented volume of goods propelled the United States to the apex of the global division of labor, ensuring victory in World War II and enabling postwar reconstruction under American leadership. He describes an 'historic bloc' of American statesmen, capitalists and labor leaders who fostered a productivity-oriented political consensus within the USA, and sought to generalize their vision of liberal capitalism around the globe. He focuses on the incorporation of industrial labor as a junior partner in this hegemonic bloc, and argues that the recent erosion of its position under the pressures of transnational competition and the political forces of right wing reaction may open up new possibilities for transformative politics.
目次
1. Introduction
2. Marx, Gramsci and possibilities for radical renewal in IPE
3. The quality of global power: a relational view of neoliberal hegemony
4. The emergence of mass production practices and productivist ideology
5. State-society relations and the politics of industrial transformation in the USA
6. Fordism vs. unionism: production politics and ideological struggle at Ford Motor Company, 1914-1937
7. Unionism is Americanism: production politics and ideological struggle at Ford Motor Company, 1937-1952
8. Fordism and neoliberal hegemony: tensions and possibilities
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
