The Constitution in the Shopfloor. Some notes on Fordist Social Contract and Constituent Compromise

Authors

  • Bruno Settis Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa/Centre d'Histoire de Sciences Po - Paris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-9618/7596

Keywords:

Constituent Compromise, Fordism, Republic, Union, Work, Streek

Abstract

The Italian «constitutional compromise» between the liberal, catholic, and socialist-communist traditions and the «fordist-keynesian compromise» between capital and labor are two frequent set expressions. They are often put together, and sometimes overlapped, insofar as they share an emphasis on the central role of labor, the former putting it at the very foundation of the Republic, the latter at the core of the virtuous circle of mass production and mass consumption. Starting from a discussion of these formulas, the essay will propose some lines of research for the history of the Italian Republic, not without significance for contemporary political discourse.

 

Published

2017-12-18

How to Cite

Settis, B. (2017). The Constitution in the Shopfloor. Some notes on Fordist Social Contract and Constituent Compromise. Scienza & Politica. Per Una Storia Delle Dottrine, 29(57). https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-9618/7596

Issue

Section

Political Declinations of Economic Word (edited by Adelino Zanini)