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Meaning of "post-Fordism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POST-FORDISM

post-Fordism  [ˌpəʊstˈfɔːdɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POST-FORDISM

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WHAT DOES POST-FORDISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Post-Fordism

Post-Fordism is the name given by some scholars to what they describe as the dominant system of economic production, consumption and associated socio-economic phenomena, in most industrialized countries since the late 20th century. It is contrasted with Fordism, the system formulated in Henry Ford's automotive factories, in which workers work on a production line, performing specialized tasks repetitively. Definitions of the nature and scope of Post-Fordism vary considerably and are a matter of debate among scholars. Post-Fordism is characterized by the following attributes: ▪ Small-batch production ▪ Economies of scope ▪ Specialized products and jobs ▪ New information technologies ▪ Emphasis on types of consumers in contrast to previous emphasis on social class ▪ The rise of the service and the white-collar worker ▪ The feminization of the work force...

Definition of post-Fordism in the English dictionary

The definition of post-Fordism in the dictionary is the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POST-FORDISM


absurdism
æbˈsɜːdɪzəm
avant-gardism
ˌævɒŋˈɡɑːdɪzəm
bardism
ˈbɑːdɪzəm
blackguardism
ˈblæɡɑːdɪzəm
Buddhism
ˈbʊdɪzəm
cryptorchidism
krɪpˈtɔːkɪˌdɪzəm
diehardism
ˈdaɪˌhɑːdɪzəm
dudism
ˈduːdɪzəm
encyclopaedism
ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪzəm
encyclopedism
ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪzəm
foodism
ˈfuːdɪzəm
hyperthyroidism
ˌhaɪpəˈθaɪrɔɪˌdɪzəm
hypothyroidism
ˌhaɪpəʊˈθaɪrɔɪˌdɪzəm
Mahdism
ˈmɑːdɪzəm
nomadism
ˈnəʊmədɪzəm
nudism
ˈnjuːdɪzəm
Poujadism
ˈpuːʒɑːdɪzəm
sadism
ˈseɪdɪzəm
vanguardism
ˈvænˌɡɑːdɪzəm
warlordism
ˈwɔːˌlɔːdɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POST-FORDISM

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post-Fordist
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Post-it
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post-modernism
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WORDS THAT END LIKE POST-FORDISM

bastardism
Chassidism
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dihybridism
faddism
Girondism
Hasidism
hybridism
invalidism
jihadism
landlordism
Lollardism
Luddism
Methodism
paludism
photoperiodism
propagandism
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Synonyms and antonyms of post-Fordism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «post-Fordism» into 25 languages

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The translations of post-Fordism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «post-Fordism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后福特主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

posfordismo
570 millions of speakers

English

post-Fordism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाद के Fordism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ما بعد الفوردية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

постфордизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pós-fordismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোস্ট Fordism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le post-fordisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Post-Fordism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Postfordismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポスト·フォーディズム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포스트 포드주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Post-Fordism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sau Fordism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிந்தைய Fordism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्ट-फोर्डिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

post-Fordizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

post- fordismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

po fordyzm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

постфордизм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

post- fordismul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετα - φορντισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

post- Fordisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

postfordism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

post- Fordisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of post-Fordism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POST-FORDISM»

The term «post-Fordism» is normally little used and occupies the 139.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POST-FORDISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about post-Fordism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POST-FORDISM»

Discover the use of post-Fordism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to post-Fordism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Post-Fordism: A Reader
Let us now briefly review possible features of a consolidated post-Fordism. These can be considered in terms of the same four (or five) dimensions used earlier to specify Fordism. Thus, as a labour process, post-Fordism can be defined as a ...
Ash Amin, 2011
2
Are You Working Too Much?: Post-Fordism, Precarity, and the ...
This latest issue of e-flux journal addresses these important (though somewhat hostile) questions in the in-your-face style the journal is known for. Cover design by Liam Gillick.
Julieta Aranda, 2011
3
The murmuring of the artistic multitude: global art, memory ...
Here, art sociologist Pascal Gielen examines the notion that the global art economy-with its ever-renewable youth quota, its gender imbalance, flexible working hours and short-term contracts (or lack of contracts)-is wholly congruent with ...
Pascal Gielen, 2010
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Beyond the Regulation Approach: Putting Capitalist Economies ...
The language of Fordism and post-Fordism played a major role in lay discussions about social and economic changes in advanced capitalist societies from the 1970s to 1990s. As it spread more widely, however, this language was vulgarized.
Bob Jessop, Ngai-Ling Sum, 2006
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Architecture, Crisis and Resuscitation: The Reproduction of ...
Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society.
Tahl Kaminer, 2011
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Towards a Post-Fordist Welfare State?
Leading authors from a number of disciplines present a thorough examiniation of the implications of applying Post-Fordism to contemporary restructuring of the welfare state.
Roger Burrows, Brian D Loader, 2003
7
Patterns of Work in the Post-Fordist Era: Fordism and ...
This authoritative collection brings together important contributions on the concepts of Fordism and Post Fordism, exploring the worldwide changes in the workplace during the last quarter of the twentieth century.
Huw Beynon, Theo Nichols, 2006
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Managing Innovation in Construction
post-Fordism. This chapter investigates the emergence of post-Fordism and its impact on construction. It aims to review the way in which construction has introduced and managed innovation in its products and processes in order to respond to ...
Martyn Jones, Mohammed Saad, 2003
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Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization: The Labor ...
Macmillan, 1990); Robert Boyer, The Regulation School: A Critical Introduction ( New York: Columbia University Press, 1990); Alain Lipietz, "Post-Fordism and Democracy," in Post-Fordism: A Reader, ed. Ash Amin (Oxford: Blackwell, 1994);  ...
Berch Berberoglu, 2002
10
From Autos to Architecture: Fordism and Architectural ...
In From Autos to Architecture, sociologist David Gartman offers a critical social history that shows how Fordist mass production and industrial architecture in America influenced European designers to an extent previously not understood.
David Gartman, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POST-FORDISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term post-Fordism is used in the context of the following news items.
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What hope for Labour and the Left? The election, the 80s and …
... left and Marxist-Leninist groups didn't finally admit that globalisation, digitisation and the shift to a service and retail economy ('post-Fordism', ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
2
In US Prisons, Psychiatric Disability Is Often Met by Brute Force
"This was the age of neoliberalism, of post-Fordism," Kovel told Truthout. "It was marked by an attack on living labor, the automation of the ... «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
3
What Labour's next leader needs to know
... and left-wing political parties tied to huge social and electoral blocs; and its superseding by the much more volatile realities of “post-Fordism.”. «Prospect, Jul 15»
4
Exposing technocracy - the mindset of industrial capitalism
The intensification of technocracy, through the Industrial Revolution, Fordism and our current computer surveillance-based 'post-Fordism' ... «The Ecologist, Jun 15»
5
Does the UK really need 'wealth creators' and 'hardworking people'?
Acknowledging that gaining access to captured value is the primary means of survival in post-Fordism makes clear the political importance of ... «Open Democracy, Jun 15»
6
Is passionate work a neoliberal delusion?
... specific about what sociologists have called the 'feminisation of work'—and what I prefer to describe as the 'gender effect' of post-Fordism. «Open Democracy, Apr 15»
7
Reinvigorating planning and the planning system in Queensland - a …
Filion, P 2001, 'The urban policy-making and development dimension of fordism and post-fordism: A Toronto case study', Space and Polity, vol. «Mondaq News Alerts, Apr 15»
8
The disappearing working class?
... for example, argues, "The changes...usually discussed under the headings of deindustrialization, post-Fordism, and the rise of knowledge- or ... «Socialist Worker Online, Dec 14»
9
'The Creative Class' Rises Again
Regulation theory is part of a broader analysis of contemporary capitalism gathered under the rubrics post-Fordism and neoliberalism. «PopMatters, Mar 14»
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'Detroit City is the Place to Be' Is Part 'Blade-Runner' Travelogue …
Post-Fordism, by contrast, relies on flexible production and a disaggregated value chain, the ability of companies to shift work, and more ... «PopMatters, Jan 14»

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