Producing Hegemony [Paperback]

The author, Mark Rupert, examines the relationship between American global power and the rise of mass production.The relationship between American global power and the rise of mass production between 1914 and 1952 is revealed through this study of the Ford Motor Co. It examines the struggles through which industrial labor was incorporated into the coalition of statesmen and capitalists that constructed the postwar world order.The relationship between American global power and the rise of mass production between 1914 and 1952 is revealed through this study of the Ford Motor Co. It examines the struggles through which industrial labor was incorporated into the coalition of statesmen and capitalists that constructed the postwar world order.Mark Rupert traces the relationship between American global power and the rise of mass production. The United States was propelled to the apex of the global division of labor, ensuring victory in World War II and enabling postwar reconstruction under American leadership. Through a study of Ford Motor Company between 1914 and 1952, he examines the political and ideological struggles through which industrial labor was incorporated into the coalition of statesmen and capitalists that constructed the postwar world order.1. Introduction; 2. Marx, Gramsci and possibilities for radical renewal in IPE; 3. The quality of global power: a relational view of neoliberal hegemony; 4. The emergence of mass production practices and productivist ideology; 5. State-society relations and the politics of industrial transformation in the USA; 6. Fordism vs. unionism: production politics and ideological struggle at Ford Motor Company, 19141937; 7. Unionism is Americanism: production politics and ideological struggle at Ford Motor Company, 19371952; 8. Fordism and neoliberal hegemony: tensions and possibilities; Notes; Bibliography; Index.