The International Labour Organization and the quest for social justice, 1919-2009 / Gerry Rodgers ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Rodgers, Gerry, author.

Swepston, Lee, author.

Lee, Eddy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Labour Organization--History.

International Labour Organization.

Social justice--History--20th century.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

ILO and the quest for social justice, 1919-2009

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores some of the main ideas which the ILO has seized, developed and applied, examines their history and tells how they were pursued in different geographical and historical settings.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Foreword; Authors' preface; 1. An international organization for social justice; A "wild dream"; The central ideas; Box 1 The International Labour Organization today - A brief description; Tripartism; The system of international labour standards; The ILO in a changing world; Introduction; 2. Human rights and rights at work; Human rights and ILO history; Major themes of the ILO's human rights work; Box 2 Poland, Solidarnosc and the ILO; Box 3 Myanmar - A special situation; Concluding remarks; 3. The quality of work; Improving working lives; A changing policy environment

The impact of the ILO's work - Some illustrations Figure 1 International Labour Review articles on aspects of the quality of work, 1919-2008 (percentage); Figure 2 Long-term trends in annual working hours: Selected countries, 1870-2000; Figure 3 Examples of danger symbols adopted by the ILO; The challenges ahead; 4. Social protection; Social protection for all?; The ILO social insurance model between the wars; Box 4 Social insurance versus social assistance; From social insurance to social security: The war as a transition period; The challenge of "universal" social security

Crisis and controversy: The Chilean pension model as an example Social protection as part of an integrated ILO approach; Conclusion; 5. Employment and poverty reduction; The interwar period; The Second World War and its immediate aftermath; The 1950's and 1960's; The World Employment Programme; The 1980's; The 1990's; The 2000's; 6. Decent work and a fair globalization; A social foundation for the international economy: The early decades; From planning to deregulation: The post-war decades; The re-emergence of international social policy; The Decent Work Agenda; Box 5 The Decent Work Agenda

Looking ahead Appendix I: A chronology of the ILO; Appendix II: Selected official documents; Appendix III: Selected further reading; Index

Notes:

"First published in hardback in 2009 by Cornell University Press ..."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-260) and index.

ISBN:

92-2-121956-9

OCLC:

700697553