The New Division of Labor as Lean Production

This issue of the International Journal of Sociology (IJS) focuses on lean production in the global economy. Given the muted reception of lean production in sociology, in this introduction I describe structural changes that led to lean production, how different versions of the division of labor have emerged, and how lean production has been implemented in different industries around the world. The four articles in this issue examine as-yet unanswered questions about this new division of labor. They investigate a combination of three important processes: (1) the spread of lean production beyond the United States and Japan into France, Canada, Mexico, and China; (2) the use of lean production in the services industries; and (3) an assessment of whether lean production is good for workers, society, and management

Business · China · Division of labour · Economics · Lean manufacturing · Market economy · Political science · Production (economics · Sociology · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Marketing

• Ameliorating Workplace Harassment among Direct Caregivers in Canada's Healthcare System

  Open Access•Elizabeth Quinlan, Susan Robertson et al.•Work Employment and Society•2020

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• South-South? Culture Talk and Labour Relations at a Chinese-owned Factory in Hungary

  Open Access•Pal Nyiri, Xiuli Xu•Development and Change•2017

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• The Architecture of Markets

  Neil Fligstein•Architecture of Markets•2001

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• Visions of Modernity

  Mary Nolan•Visions of modernity•1994

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• Labor and Monopoly Capital

  Harry Braverman•Monthly Review•1974

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• The McDonaldization of Society

  George Ritzer•2001

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• Dominant Divisions of Labor

  Open Access•T Janoski, Darina Lepadatu•Dominant Divisions of Labor•2014

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• Rethinking Post-Fordism

  Steven Peter Valla, Steven P Vallas•Sociological Theory•1999

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• Reworking Postfordism

  Open Access•Matt Vidal•Sociology Compass•2011

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• Symbolic boundaries and the new division of labor

  Open Access•Steven Peter Valla, Steven Peter Vallas•Research in Social Stratification…•2001

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• Citizenship and Civil Society

  Open Access•T Janoski, Richard Madsen•Citizenship and Civil Society•1998

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• The Crisis of Fordism or the Crisis of Social-Democracy

  S Clarke, Sharon E Clarke•Telos•1990

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• The Condition of Postmodernity

  D C Harvey, Cole Harris et al.•New Social Theory Reader•2020

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• Union Legitimacy and the Team Concept

  Open Access•John Eric Baugher•Sociological Inquiry•2007

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