Towards a Schumpeterian Workfare State? Preliminary Remarks on Post-Fordist Political Economy

On Growth Regimes in a Post Fordist Era

Growth patterns of knowledge based economies are still ill defined. They are in the making , presenting countries, in a phase of transition, with different adjustment opportunities. New forms of competition are developing on product, labour and capital markets. Large services networks are reorganising. Finance is playing a new role in controlling economic activities. Consumers are developing sp...

Japan’s Role in a Post-fordist Age

The shift away from mass production industries to new informationintensive industries is leading to speculation on what will supersede the Fordist model of industrial organization. This article outlines alternative models advanced as potential replacement for Fordism, and presents a new post-Fordist future, based upon exploration of the post-war evolution of Japan. Fujitsuism is posed as a pote...

State-Society Relations in Ethiopia: A Political- Economy Perspective of the Post-1991 Order

This article analyses state-society relations in Ethiopia with particular emphasis on the post-1991 period. The objective of the study is to identify and analyse the fundamental factors of state-society relations at the national level: property rights, political representation, and the urban-rural elite cleavage. The article views state-society relations at the local level with reference to per...

The Political Economy of Environment-Development Relationships: A Preliminary Framework

The Political Economy of New Labour : A Preliminary Assessment