During the 1980s there were profound changes in the labour process towards the 'flexible worker' and in the labour market towards a 'flexible workforce'. the notion of flexible specialisation associated with the 'new' institutional economics;

List of Tables and Figures - Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Fordism, Post-Fordism and Economic Flexibility; R.Burrows, N.Gilbert & A.Pollert - PART 1: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL CRITIQUES - What in the F...'s Name is Fordism; S.Clarke - Where's the Value in 'Post-Fordism'?; J.Gough - PART 2: LOCALITY STUDIES - Labour Market Change and the Organisation of Work; A.Rainnie & D.Kraithman - Flexibility in Britain during the 1980s: Recent Empirical Evidence; R.Penn - PART 3: INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIES - Inflexible Flexibility: A Case Study of Modularisation; T.Elger & P.Fairbrother - Management Control and a New Regime of Subordination: Post-Fordism and the Local Economy; P.Garrahan & P.Stewart - Gender, Technology and Flexibility in the UK Mail Order Industry; S.Leman - PART 4: NEW PATTERNS OF EMPLOYMENT - Older Worker Employment: Change and Continuity in the 1980s; B.Casey & F.Laczko - Structure and Sentiment: Family and Rationality within the Capitalist Enterprise; I.Roberts & G.Holroyd - Over the Threshold? Public and Private Choices in New Information Technology Homeworking; S.Smith & J.Anderson - Bibliography - Index