Globalizing social rights : the International Labour Organization and beyond / edited by Sandrine Kott, Professor of European Contemporary History, University of Geneva and Joëlle Droux, Senior Lecturer in History of Education, University of Geneva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kott, Sandrine.

Droux, Joëlle.

International Labour Organization.

Series:

International Labour Organization century series

International Labour Organization (ILO) century series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Labour Organization--History.

International Labour Organization.

Social rights--History.

Social rights.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 346 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This volume explores the role of the ILO as a creator of international social networks and facilitator of exchange between various national and international actors since its establishment in 1919. It emphasizes the part played by the ILO in the international circulation of ideas, expertise and practices that foster the emergence and shaping of international social models, and examines the impact of its methods and models on national and local societies. By analyzing the case of the ILO, the authors rethink the influence of international organizations in the shaping of the contemporary world and the emergence of a global civil society. This collection brings together a variety of scholarly contributions by a group of highly qualified and internationally renowned experts in the field of global history and the history of international organizations. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Transnational Networks and Milieus around the ILO

1 Social and Political Networks and the Creation of the ILO: The Role of British Actors / Olga Hidalgo-Weber Hidalgo-Weber, Olga 17

2 The ILO and Other International Actors in 20th-century Accident Insurance in Switzerland and Germany / Martin Lengwiler Lengwiler, Martin 32

3 The ILO, Feminists and Expert Networks: The Challenges of a Protective Policy (1919-1934) / Nora Natchkova Natchkova, Nora, Céline Schoeni Schoeni, Céline 49

Part 2 The ILO and the Production of Social Standards

4 Modem Unemployment: From the Creation of the Concept to the International Labour Office's First Standards / Ingrid Liebeskind Sauthier Sauthier, Ingrid Liebeskind 67

5 ILO Expertise and Colonial Violence in the Interwar Years / J. P. Daughton Daughton, J. P. 85

6 The Contribution of the ILO to the Formation of Public International Cooperative Law / Hagen Henrÿ Henrÿ, Hagen 98

7 The ILO and the International Technocratic Class, 1944-1966 / Jason Guthrie Guthrie, Jason 115

Part 3 The ILO and National Spaces: From Social Norms to Social Rights

8 Global Corporatism after the First World War-The Indian Case / Madeleine Herren Herren, Madeleine 137

9 Dictatorship and International Organizations: The ILO as a 'Test Ground' for Fascism / Stefano Gallo Gallo, Stefano 153

10 US New Deal Social Policy Experts and the ILO, 1948-1954 / Jill Jensen Jensen, Jill 172

11 Industrial States and Transnational Exchanges of Social Policies: Belgium and the ILO in the Interwar Period / Jasmien Van Daele Daele, Jasmien Van 190

12 The ILO as a Forum for Developing and Demonstrating a Nordic Model / Pauli Kettunen Kettunen, Pauli 210

Part 4 Competing Social Models: The ILO and Other International Bodies

13 What's in a Living Standard? Bringing Society and Economy Together in the ILO and the League of Nations Depression Delegation, 1938-1945 / Patricia Clavin Clavin, Patricia 233

14 Developing Nutritional Standards and Food Policy: Latin American Reformers between the ILO, the League of Nations Health Organization, and the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau / Corinne A. Pernet Pernet, Corinne A. 249

15 From Inter-agency Competition to Transnational Cooperation: The ILO Contribution to Child Welfare Issues during the Interwar Years / Joëlle Droux Droux, Joëlle 262

16 Pension Privatization: The Transnational Campaign / Mitchell A. Orenstein Orenstein, Mitchell A. 280

17 The Embattled Standard-bearer of Social Insurance and Its Challenger: The ILO, the OECD and the 'Crisis of the Welfare State', 1975-1985 / Matthieu Leimgruber Leimgruber, Matthieu 293.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230343658

0230343651

OCLC:

802321062