ANT378H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ethnography, Labour Power, Deindustrialization
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The commons : proletarianism, fordism, keynesianism, decommodification, neoliberalism, financialization, globalization, deindustrialization, flexibilization, austerity, precarity, crisis, aspirational/alternative economies. Industrialization of economies; move away from agriculturalism to manufacturing. Commodification of goods and labour: period 2: 1940s(wwii) to 1970s. Fordism: a labour regime introduced by henry ford, in which relatively high wages and job security are provided to workers as a means to obtain their consent to an intensified system of industrial production. Keynesianism: social well-being = social assistance, social safety nets, collective bargaining rights (unions?: period 3: 1970s to 2008 crisis. Globalization: a process of global integration involving the international linking of supply chains, trade and consumer markets. Flexibilization (in labour): a restructuring of employment and production away from relative job security to Austerity: a set of government policies aimed at reducing spending on social provisions so as to achieve deficit reduction nor economic sustainability/growth.
