From fordism to flexible production - the production of space in a context of changes in capital strategies of accumulation

Abstract

This work aims the examination of a complex network between industry s space and capital's production and reproduction strategies, in a context of changes in these strategies, detaching the motor car industry established in Brazil. These changes in the strategies of capital's accumulation were here analyzed as beeing the transition of fordism to flexible production. It was sought, then, to detect what are the main changes (political, social, economical and spatial ones) wich take place in this transition and how it changes the industrial location factors in the territory

Keywords

• Production of space
• fordism
• flexible production
• motor car industry
• industry's space