1. The Parisian regulation school -- 2. European and American perspectives on regulation -- 3. Regulationist perspectives on Fordism and post-Fordism -- 4. Country studies -- 5. Developments and extensions.

Contents: Volume I: The Parisian Regulation SchoolAcknowledgementsSeries Preface Bob JessopIntroduction Bob JessopPART I BACKGROUND AND GENERAL PRESENTATION 1. Alain Lipietz (1987), `Rebel Sons: the Regulation School - An Interview with Alain Lipietz conducted by Jane Jenson'2. Robert Boyer (1990), `Introduction to the English-Language Edition'3. Alain Lipietz (1993), `From Althusserianism to "Regulation Theory"'PART II SOME EARLY WORKS4. Michel Aglietta (1978), `Phases of US Capital Expansion'5. Mike Davis (1978), `"Fordism" in Crisis: A Review of Michael Aglietta's "Regulation et crises: L'experience des Etats-unis"'6. Robert Boyer (1979), `Wage Formation in Historical Perspective: The French Experience'7. Robert Delorme (1984), `A New View on the Economic Theory of the State: A Case Study of France'8. Alain Lipietz (1982), `Towards Global Fordism?'9. Alain Lipietz (1988), `Accumulation, Crises, and Ways Out: Some Methodological Reflections on the Concept of "Regulation"'10. Alain Noel (1987), `Accumulation, Regulation, and Social Change: An Essay on French Political Economy'PART III COMMENTARIES AND CRITIQUES11. Michel De Vroey (1984), `A Regulation Approach Interpretation of Contemporary Crisis'12. Richard Barbrook (1990), `Mistranslations: Lipietz in London and Paris'13. Robert Brenner and Mark Glick (1991), `The Regulation Approach: Theory and History'14. Robert Albritton (1995), `Regulation Theory: A Critique'15. Adam Tickell and Jamie A. Peck (1992), `Accumulation, Regulation and the Geographies of Post-Fordism: Missing Links in Regulationist Research'Name Index -- Volume II: European and American Perspectives on RegulationAcknowledgementsSeries Preface Bob JessopIntroduction Bob JessopPART I THE GRENOBLE SCHOOL1. Gerard Destanne de Bernis (1990), `On a Marxist Theory of Regulation'2. Gerard Destanne de Bernis (1988), `Propositions for an Analysis of the Crisis'PART II SOCIAL STRUCTURES OF ACCUMULATION3. David M. Gordon (1980), `Stages of Accumulation and Long Economic Cycles'4. Michael Reich (1997), `Social Structure of Accumulation Theory: Retrospect and Prospect'PART III THE AMSTERDAM SCHOOL5. Kees van der Pijl (1989), `Ruling Classes, Hegemony, and the State System: Theoretical and Historical Considerations'6. Henk Overbeek (1989), `British Capitalism at the Crossroads'PART IV THE GERMAN REGULATION APPROACH7. Joachim Hirsch (1990), `Regulation Theory and Historical-Materialistic Social Theory. Remarks on a Shaky Yet Necessary Relationship'8. Josef Esser and Joachim Hirsch (1989), `The Crisis of Fordism and the Dimensions of a "Postfordist" Regional and Urban Structure'9. Juergen Haeusler and Joachim Hirsch (1989), `Political Regulation: The Crisis of Fordism and the Transformation of the Party System in West Germany'PART V NORDIC MODELS 10. Lars Mjoset (1987), `Nordic Economic Policies in the 1970s and 1980s'11. Lars Mjoset (1992), `The Nordic Model Never Existed, but Does it Have a Future?'PART VI COMMENTARIES AND CRITIQUES 12. Bob Jessop (1990), `Regulation Theories in Retrospect and Prospect'13. David M. Kotz (1990), `A Comparative Analysis of the Theory of Regulation and the Social Structure of Accumulation Theory'14. Werner Bonefeld (1994), `Aglietta in England: Bob Jessop's Contribution to the Regulation Approach'15. Colin Hay (1994), `Werner in Wunderland, or Notes on a Marxism Beyond Pessimism and False Optimism'16. Michael J. Webber and David L. Rigby (1996), `Competing Theories of Postwar Growth and Change'Name Index -- Volume III: Regulationist Perspectives on Fordism and Post-FordismAcknowledgementsSeries Preface Bob JessopIntroduction Bob JessopPART I INTRODUCTION TO KEY ISSUES AND APPROACHES1. Mark J. Elam (1990), `Puzzling Out the Postfordist Debate: Technology, Markets and Institutions'2. Bob Jessop (1992), `Fordism and Post-Fordism: A Critical Reformulation'PART II THE ORIGINS OF THE FORDIST LABOUR PROCESS3. Carl H.A. Dassbach (1991), `The Origins of Fordism: The Introduction of Mass Production and the Five-Dollar Wage'4. Bruce Pietrykowski (1995), `Fordism at Ford: Spatial Decentralization and Labor Segmentation at the Ford Motor Company, 1920-1950'5. Anson G. Rabinbach (1993), `Science, Work, and Worktime'PART III THE CRISIS OF FORDISM 6. Robert Boyer (1987), `Labour Flexibilities: Many Forms, Uncertain Effects'7. Annemieke J.M. Roobeek (1987), `The Crisis in Fordism and the Rise of a New Technological Paradigm'8. Robert Boyer (1991), `The Eighties: The Search for Alternatives to Fordism'9. Andrew Glyn (1990), `Productivity and the Crisis of Fordism'10. Karel Williams, Tony Cutler, John Williams and Colin Haslam (1987), `The End of Mass Production?'PART IV BEYOND FORDISM TO ...?11. Horst Kern and Michael Schuman (1989), `New Concepts of Production in West German Plants'12. Michael Schumann (1998), `New Concepts of Production and Productivity'13. Heidi Gottfried (1995), `Developing Neo-Fordism: A Comparative Perspective'14. Stephen Wood (1993), `The Japanization of Fordism'15. Knuth Dohse, Ulrich Jurgens and Thomas Malsch (1985) `From "Fordism" to "Toyotism"? The Social Organization of the Labor Process in the Japanese Automobile Industry'16. Daniele Leborgne and Alain Lipietz (1992), `Conceptual Fallacies and Open Questions on Post-Fordism'17. Gaetan Tremblay (1995), `The Information Society: From Fordism to Gatesism'18. Sean Digiovanna (1996), `Industrial Districts and Regional Economic Development: A Regulation Approach'PART V GENERAL REVIEWS19. Andrew Sayer (1989), `Postfordism in Question'20. Fiorenza Belussi and Francesco Garibaldo (1996), `Variety of Pattern of the Post-Fordist Economy: Why are the "Old Times" Still with Us and the "New Times" Yet to Come?'21. Jamie Gough (1992), `Where's the Value in "Post-Fordism"?'22. Paul Hirst and Jonathan Zeitlin (1992), `Flexible Specialization versus Post-Fordism: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications'Name Index -- Volume IV: Country Studies AcknowledgementsSeries Preface Bob JessopIntroduction Bob JessopPART I NORTH AMERICA1. Victor D. Lippit (1997), `The Reconstruction of a Social Structure of Accumulation in the United States'2. Jane Jenson (1990), `Representations in Crisis: The Roots of Canada's Permeable Fordism'PART II EUROPE 3. Otto Holman (1987-88), `Semiperipheral Fordism in Southern Europe: The National and International Context of Socialist-led Governments in Spain, Portugal, and Greece, in Historical Perspective'4. Miguel Martinez Lucio and Paul Blyton (1995), `Constructing the Post-Fordist State? The Politics of Labour Market Flexibility in Spain'5. Bob Jessop (1989), `Conservative Regimes and the Transition to Post-Fordism: The Cases of Great Britain and West Germany'6. Jamie A. Peck and Adam Tickell (1992), `Local Modes of Social Regulation? Regulation Theory, Thatcherism and Uneven Development'7. Winfried Ruigrok and Rob van Tulder (1996), `The Price of Diversity: Rival Concepts of Control as a Barrier to an EU Industrial Strategy'PART III SOUTH AFRICA8. Nicoli Nattrass (1992), `Profitability: The Soft Underbelly of South African Regulation/SSA Analysis'9. Christian M. Rogerson (1991), `Beyond Racial Fordism: Restructuring Industry in the "New" South Africa'PART IV JAPAN 10. Martin Kenney and Richard Florida (1988), `Beyond Mass Production: Production and the Labor Process in Japan'11. Benjamin Coriat (1993), `Neither Pre- nor Post-Fordism: An Original and New Way of Managing the Labour Process'12. Tatsuo Naruse (1991), `Taylorism and Fordism in Japan'13. J.A. Peck and Y. Miyamachi (1993/1994), `What's Ford Got To Do With It? Regulation Theory and Japanese Capitalism'PART V OTHER EAST ASIAN SOCIETIES14. Alice H. Amsden (1990), `Third World Industrialization: "Global Fordism" or a New Model?'15. Ngai-Ling Sum (1998), `Theorizing Export-Oriented Economic Development in East Asian Newly-Industrializing Countries: A Regulationist Perspective'16. Seongjin Jeong (1997), `The Social Structure of Accumulation in South Korea: Upgrading or Crumbling?'PAR V