The Evolution of Industrial Systems: The Forking Paths

ISBN-13: 9781138353053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 266 str.

Timothy Leggatt

Opis

This book, first published in 1985, tackles questions about the course of industrial evolution: what are the features of the industrial systems that have developed outside Western capitalism? What developments are now occurring? What light can social theory throw upon industrial evolution?

Spis treści

Part 1. The Framework of Analysis  1. Introduction  2. Theories of Industrial Change  Part 2. Issues for Advanced Capitalist Systems  3. The Control of Corporate Power  4. The World of Work: The Impact of Automation and the Shift to Services  Part 3. The Industrial System of the USSR  5. The Planning Process and the Cycle of Reform  6. Institutional Interests and the Challenge of Change  Part 4. The Japanese Industrial System  7. The Process of Development up to World War II  8. The Japanese Way  Part 5. The Forking Paths  9. The Evolutionary Trends and the Needs of Humanity

O autorze

Timothy Leggatt