Part 1 Background and general presentation: rebel sons - the regulation school - an interview with Alain Lipietz conducted by Jane Jenson; introduction to the English-language edition, Robert Boyer; from Althusserianism to "Regulation Theory", Alain Lipietz. Part 2 Some early works: phases of US capital expansion, Michel Aglietta; "Fordism" in crisis - a review of Michael Aglietta's "Regulation et Crises - L'experience des Etats-unis", Mike Davis; wage formation in historical perspective - the French experience, Robert Boyer; a new view on the economic theory of the state - a case study of France, Robert Delorme; towards global Fordism, Alain Lipietz; accumulation, crises, and ways out - some methodological reflections on the concept on "Regulation", Alain Lipietz; accumulation, regulation, and social change - an essay on French political economy, Alain Noel. Part 3 Commentaries and critiques: a regulation approach interpretation of contemporary crisis, Michel De Vroey; mistranslations - Lipietz in London and Paris, Richard Barbrook; the Regulation approach - theory and history, Robert Brenner and Mark Glick; regulation theory - a critique, Robert Albritton; accumulation, regulation and the geographies of post-Fordism - missing links in regulationist research, Adam Tickell and Jamie A. Peck.
