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Time-Space Compression and Transition from Fordism to Flexible Accumulation
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Time-Space Compression and Transition from Fordism to Flexible Accumulation

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According to David Harvey, what impact has time-space compression had?

  • No impact at all
  • Impact on technological advancement
  • Disorienting and disruptive impact on political-economic practices (correct)
  • Positive impact on cultural and social life

    • How was the transition to flexible accumulation achieved?

  • No change in organizational forms and technologies
  • Slow deployment of new organizational forms and new technologies
  • Rapid deployment of new organizational forms and new technologies (correct)
  • Transition was not achieved

    • What organizational shift contributed to the speed-up achieved in production during the transition?

  • Vertical disintegration - sub-contracting, outsourcing, etc. (correct)
  • No organizational shifts were involved
  • Vertical integration
  • Horizontal integration

    • What did accelerating turnover time in production entail according to David Harvey?

    <p>Parallel accelerations in exchange and consumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect did the new technologies of electronic control, small-batch production, etc., have on turnover times in production?

    <p>Reduced turnover times in many sectors of production</p> Signup and view all the answers

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