The ILO from Geneva to the Pacific Rim : West meets East / edited by Jill M. Jensen and Nelson Lichtenstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jensen, Jill M., 1965- editor.

Lichtenstein, Nelson, editor.

Series:

International Labour Organization century series.

International Labour Organization (ILO) century series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Labour Organization--History.

International Labour Organization.

International labor activities--Pacific Area.

International labor activities.

Labor movement--Pacific Area.

Labor movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

The explosive rise of export manufacturing in East Asia, and the continuing importance of Central America and Mexico in this regard, has shifted the center of gravity of world manufacturing from the North Atlantic to the Pacific Rim. Despite much discussion about the emergence of a postindustrial economy, more people labor on an assembly line today than at any other moment in world history. The establishment of a set of humane, uniform, and enforceable labor standards for these tens of millions of workers who reside in nations bordering the Pacific, therefore, stands high on the global labor rights agenda. This volume of original essays considers how the International Labor Organization has helped generate a set of ideas and practices, past and present, transnational and within a single nation, aimed at advancing social and economic reform in this vast region.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction

Jill M Jensen and Nelson Lichtenstein; Part I. Beyond Europe: The ILO Encounters the Pacific World; 1. A Sea of Difference: The ILO and the Search for Common Standards,1919-45

Leon Fink; 2. The ILO, Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region: New Solidarities or Internationalism in the National Interest?

Marilyn Lake; 3. Japan and the 1919 ILO Debates over Rights, Representation and Global Labour Standards

Dorothy Sue Cobble; Part II. The Dilemmas of Development

4. Negotiating a World Trade and Employment Charter: The United States, the ILO and the Collapse of the ITO Ideal

Jill M Jensen5. The ILO, Asia and the Beginnings of Technical Assistance, 1945-60

Daniel Roger Maul; 6. Difference's Other: The ILO and "Women in Developing Countries"

Eileen Boris; Part III. The Human Rights Revolution; 7. Homeworkers Organizing for Recognition and Rights: Can International Standards Assist Them? Annie Delaney , Jane Tate and Rosaria Burchielli; 8. The Global Domestic: Mapping Decent Work in International Dialogues

Jennifer Fish and Jennifer Turner

9. The Limits of Human Rights for Labour Rights: A Retrospective Look at the Case of Chile

César F Rosado MarzánPart IV. Success and Failure in the New Asian Economy; 10. Legal Protection of the Right to Old-Age Insurance for Migrant Workers from Rural Areas in China

Changzheng Zhou; 11. Freedom of Association: A Comparison of Chinese and US Approaches to ILO Standards

Clifford B Donn and Minghua Zhao; 12. The ILO and the Corporate Social Responsibility Regime in East and South Asia

Nelson Lichtenstein; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

92-2-129649-0

OCLC:

945610651