GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Kuznets Curve, Lean Manufacturing, Scientific Management
7 Feb 2018
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Certain set of production techniques assembly line: 2. Predominant form of competition: large vs. small firms, domestic v. international, 5. Specific spatial forms of expression: patterns, mode of social regulation, sociological and political counterpart to roa, sets of norms, institutions, and conventions that support the roa. Rise of keynesian economic planning: government invests in infrastructures mosr, 2. 3: cheaper land, commute to/from work, 3. Maturing of mass production techniques: from war, one cannot afford to waste applies to goods, 4. Key industries: cars, heavy equipment, steel, petrochemicals, electrical appliances: 5. New r&d in key sectors (aviation, communications, nuclear energy: 6. Union members male, white workers during fordism ratial and gender inequality: geography of fordism, regional scale (us): mass production develops most in north american. Increased competition between individuals and regions: conclusions: shift from fordism to post-fordism, not wholesale destruction of fordism for post-fordism.
