The International Labour Organization and the quest for social justice, 1919

Title:

The International Labour Organization and the quest for social justice, 1919 - 2009

Author:

Rodgers, Gerry

ISBN:

9789221219552

Physical Description:

XV, 272 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm

General Note:

Includes bibliographical references p. 255 - 260 and index

Abstract:

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

Corporate Subject:

International Labour Organization -- Histor

Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütü -- Tarih

Subject Term:

Social justice -- History -- 20th century

Sosyal adalet -- Tarih -- 20. yüzyıl

Added Author:

Rodgers, Gerry

Added Corporate Author:

Internationale Arbeitsorganisation

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This book tells the story of the International Labour Organization, founded in 1919 in the belief that universal and lasting peace goes hand in hand with social justice. Since then the ILO has contributed to the protection of the vulnerable, the fight against unemployment, the promotion of human rights, the development of democratic institutions and the improvement of the working lives of women and men everywhere. In its history the ILO has sometimes thrived, sometimes suffered setbacks, but always survived to pursue its goals through the political and economic upheavals of the last 90 years.

Foreword	p. ix
Authors' preface	p. xiii
1 An international organization for social justice	p. 1
A "wild dream"	p. 1
The central ideas	p. 6
Tripartism	p. 12
The system of international labour standards	p. 19
The ILO in a changing world	p. 25
2 Human rights and rights at work	p. 37
Introduction	p. 37
Human rights and ILO history	p. 41
Major themes of the ILO's human rights work	p. 45
Concluding remarks	p. 90
3 The quality of work	p. 93
Improving working lives	p. 93
A changing policy environment	p. 96
The impact of the ILO's work - Some illustrations	p. 107
The challenges ahead	p. 137
4 Social protection	p. 139
Social protection for all?	p. 139
The ILO social insurance model between the wars	p. 140
From social insurance to social security: The war as a transition period	p. 150
The challenge of "universal" social security	p. 155
Crisis and controversy: The Chilean pension model as an example	p. 160
Social protection as part of an integrated ILO approach	p. 165
Conclusion	p. 169
5 Employment and poverty reduction	p. 171
The interwar period	p. 172
The Second World War and its immediate aftermath	p. 178
The 1950s and 1960s	p. 180
The World Employment Programme	p. 186
The 1980s	p. 195
The 1990s	p. 199
The 2000s	p. 203
6 Decent work and a fair globalization	p. 205
A social foundation for the international economy: The early decades	p. 206
From planning to deregulation: The post-war decades	p. 209
The re-emergence of international social policy	p. 213
The Decent Work Agenda	p. 222
Looking ahead	p. 235
Appendixes
Appendix I A chronology of the ILO	p. 243
Appendix II Selected official documents	p. 249
Constitution of the International Labour Organization: Preamble, 1919	p. 249
General Principles from the Constitution, 1919	p. 250
Declaration concerning the aims and purposes of the International Labour Organization (Declaration of Philadelphia), 1944	p. 251
ILO Declarations	p. 254
Appendix III Selected further reading	p. 255
ILO history	p. 255
Papers prepared for the ILO Century Project (2008)	p. 258
International labour standards	p. 259
Index	p. 261
Figures
Figure 1 International Labour Review articles on aspects of the quality of work, 1919-2008	p. 109
Figure 2 Long-term trends in annual working hours: Selected countries, 1870-2000	p. 111
Figure 3 Examples of danger symbols adopted by the ILO	p. 123
Boxes
Box 1 The International Labour Organization today-A brief description	p. 11
Box 2 Poland, Solidarność and the ILO	p. 51
Box 3 Myanmar - A special situation	p. 64-5
Box 4 Social insurance versus social assistance	p. 145
Box 5 The Decent Work Agenda	p. 224

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