单词 | post-fordism |
释义 | post-Fordismn. The adoption of more flexible and small-scale systems and methods of industrial production instead of large-scale mechanized mass production of the type pioneered by Henry Ford; a doctrine or theory advocating this; a society or economy in which this occurs. ΚΠ 1986 New Socialist Mar. 15/3 She disclaims any responsibility for securing full employment; she has decisively rejected corporatism as a means of economic management or a channel of political representation... But this does not mean that the Thatcherite drive to post-Fordism is clear. 1989 Sunday Times 26 Nov. 39/1 More recently, there has been the rise of a more flexible system of production for a more segmented, differentiated market, what is known as post-Fordism. 1994 T. Byrne Local Govt. in Brit. (ed. 6) xiv. 493 The ‘customer is king’,..seeking variety and quality or value for money..and exercising choice to express or achieve individual identity through customized design, specialization and ‘post-Fordism’. 2000 Lat. Amer. Perspectives 27 13 The postmodern condition is sometimes referred to as consumer society, the society of the spectacle, the knowledge society, postindustrial society, or post-Fordism. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1986 |
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