Does De-Industrialisation Beget Industrialisation Which Begets Re-Industrialisation?

In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 227-242

Abstract

A review essay on: (1) Gautam Sen, The Military Origins of Industrialisation and International Trade Rivalry (London: Frances Pinter, 1984); (2) Barry Bluestone & Bennett Harrison, The De-Industrialisation of America: Plant Closings, Community Abandonment, and the Dismantling of Basic Industry (New York: Basic Books, 1982); (3) UN Industrial Development Organisation, Industry in a Changing World: Special Issue of the Industrial Development Survey for the Fourth General Conference of UNIDO (New York: United Nations, 1983); (4) Robert Ballance & Stuart Sinclair, Industry Strategy in a Changing World (London: Allen & Unwin, 1983); (5) Edward K. Y. Chen, Multinational Corporations, Technology and Employment (London: Macmillan, 1983); (6) Richard J. Schonberger, Japanese Manufacturing Technique: Nine Hidden Lessons in Simplicity (London: Collier-Macmillan, 1982); & (7) W. J. Abernathy, K. B. Clarke, & A. M. Kantrow, Industrial Renaissance: Producing a Competitive Future for America (New York: Basic Books, 1983 [see listings in IRPSPPD No. 13]). These works offer a historical perspective on industrialization, emphasizing two themes: the growing interconnectedness of industrial growth & the key role played by technological innovation. These concerns are developed through examination of a vast combined range of topics. Attention is given to industrialization in mature economies, the rise of industrialization in the less-developed countries & Japan, & reindustrialization strategies in Europe & the US. Major issues explored include: economic interdependence & crisis; protectionism; the causes of industrial decline; the replicability of Japanese production techniques; locational implications of Japanese techniques; & the political economy of reindustrialization. Certain remaining inadequacies in these analyses suggest directions for future research. 15 References. W. H. Stoddard