Beyond Mass Production: Production and the Labor Process in Japan

THERE can be little doubt that Japan has become a major force in the international political economy, one that increasingly threatens the onceunquestioned hegemony of the United States. The postwar Japanese economic miracle remains unparalleled among advanced industrial countries. Today, Japanese corporations number among the world’s most important in sectors such as steel, automobiles, consumer electronics, semiconductors,

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