Title page
Contents
Abstract 3
About the authors 3
Introduction 5
1. Performativity and digital revolutions 7
2. Workplace automation in the automotive sector: historical patterns and current prospects 9
3. Manufacturing revolution concepts as political projects 12
Germany: Industrie 4.0 12
United States: Advanced manufacturing initiative 16
China: Made in China 2025 19
Conclusion 23
References 25
Acknowledgements 30
Figure 1. Stock of industrial robots per thousand employees in the German automotive industry, 1995-2015 15
Figure 2. Assembly robots in Germany, 1993-2015 16
Figure 3. Productivity by factor in the US car industry (1987-2015, base 100-1987) 19