The massive changes under way in capitalist commodity production include the transition from a traditional or Fordist approach to a post-Fordist one, involving practices such as employee involvement, continuous improvement, and gainsharing. In this research monograph, Bob Russell explores the changing character of industrial relations and labour processes in two staple industries: potash and uranium mining.
Using an innovative case-analytic approach, Russell compares the managerial strategies used by five transnational firms. As indicated by his title, More with Less, he sees the shift toward post-Fordism as having more to do with the intensification of labour, accomplished in part through the creation of multitasked positions, than with worker empowerment and the transcendence of class conflict. Russell combines extensive empirical analysis with a review of contemporary writing on work relations and labour processes to provide this intensive political-economic perspective on the capital-labour relation. His meticulous research will interest scholars and professionals in Canada, the United States, Britain, Europe, and Australia.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-242) and index
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- 331/.04223636/0971
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- 9781442677388 0802043542
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- HD6976.M62
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- C35 1998eb
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- 1 electronic text (xv, 251 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 8
- LIST OF TABLES 10
- LIST OF FIGURES 12
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 14
- 1: Introduction 20
- 'A Sign of the Times' 20
- The Issues of Post-Fordism and Post-Industrialism 27
- The Study: Genealogy, Design, Accident, and Politics 38
- 2: Market Preliminaries: Product and Labour Markets in the Potash and Uranium Industries 45
- Use-Values and Exchange-Values: Markets and Prices 47
- The Labour Markets 57
- Summary 67
- 3: Corporate Cultures of Employment I: Two Traditional Firms 69
- Corporate Cultures and the Management of Workers 69
- PCS Inc.: Fordism and Radically Marketized Industrial Relations 71
- Cameco and Radically Spatialized Industrial Relations 82
- 4: Corporate Cultures of Employment II: Two Post-Fordist Firms 92
- Central Canada Potash: Elements of a Passive Post-Fordism 92
- Agrium and the Ethic of Continuous Improvement 104
- Reprise 125
- 5: The Labour Process 128
- The Labour Processes 129
- Labour Process Theory 141
- Some Evidence on Skill and Related Matters 158
- Conclusions 175
- 6: Production Politics at Five Mine Sites 179
- Control and Conflict at the Mines 185
- Production Politics and the Work Environment 195
- Conclusions 211
- 7: Final Reflections 212
- NOTES 218
- REFERENCES 250
- INDEX 260
- A 260
- B 260
- C 260
- D 261
- E 261
- F 262
- G 262
- H 262
- I 263
- J 263
- K 263
- L 263
- M 264
- N 264
- O 264
- P 265
- Q 266
- R 266
- S 266
- T 267
- U 267
- V 268
- W 268
- Y 268
- Z 268
