2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The sociopolitical construction of the market of new environmental vehicles in East Asian automotive industries
| Project/Area Number |
19K13879
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
Heim Stephane 京都大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (30767900)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Sustainability / Automotive industry / Labor regimes |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
1. The new geopolitics of the auto industry implies a central role of China and new actors that threat the fordist conception of control.
2. A new international division of labor (cheap labor, unskilled workers, and poor employment conditions) that rebalance the fordist labor regime.
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| Free Research Field |
経済社会学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This research highlights an important dimension of sustainability, the side effects of environmental policies on working conditions. Though many countries and car makers embrace environmentally sustainbale policies, those imply new forms of social conflicts and the worsening of working conditions.
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