Fordismo, fordismo periférico e metropolização

Resumen

This article is composed by five parts. In the first one the author defines fordism as the new model of development of capitalism after World War II. Section two introduces the concept of peripheral fordism. The third part contains an evaluation of fordism. In the following section the differences between "central" and "peripheral" fordism are established. The conclusion contains some reflections on the subject of the determination of a general social and economic policy capable of interrupting metropolitan explosion.