What is post fordism in sociology
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Post-Fordism
The state of the workforce and industrial technology since the late 20th century
Post-Fordism is a term used to describe the growth of new production methods defined by flexible production, the individualization of labor relations and fragmentation of markets into distinct segments, after the demise of Fordist production.
It was widely advocated by French Marxist economists and American labor economists in the 1970s and 1980s.[1] Definitions of the nature and scope of post-Fordism vary considerably and are a matter of debate among scholars.[citation needed]
Fordism was the dominant model of production organization from the 1910s to the 1960s, which led to the massive growth of the American manufacturing sector and the establishment of the US as an industrial powerhouse.
It was characterized by the assembly-line model, perfected by Henry Ford. Some post-Fordist theorists argue that the end of the superiority of the US economy is explained by