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This volume of original essays considers how the International Labour 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 the Pacific Rim.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Beyond Europe: The ILO Encounters the Pacific World
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Success and Failure in the New Asian Economy
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Back Matter
Reviews
In this collection a stellar group of scholars examines the history and contemporary politics of the International Labour Organization. The articles provide a sweeping exploration of the rich potential of the ILO, and its fallibility, as well as the plight of the world's laborers. The ILO from Geneva to the Pacific Rim should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the modern global economy.' - Julie Greene, University of Maryland, USA In this collection a stellar group of scholars examines the history and contemporary politics of the International Labour Organization. The articles provide a sweeping exploration of the rich potential of the ILO, and its fallibility, as well as the plight of the world's laborers. The ILO from Geneva to the Pacific Rim should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the modern global economy.' - Julie Greene, University of Maryland, USA
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jill Jensen is Visiting Assistant Professor in labour studies at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, and Assistant Director of the Center for Global Workers' Rights. Her research focuses on the history of U.S. relations with the International Labour Organization and the ILO's efforts to formulate and monitor global labour standards.
Nelson Lichtenstein is MacArthur Foundation Professor in History at the University of California in Santa Barbara, USA. His publications include The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business and State of the Union: A Century of American Labor.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The ILO from Geneva to the Pacific Rim
Book Subtitle: West Meets East
Editors: Jill M. Jensen, Nelson Lichtenstein
Series Title: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137570901
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55473-4Published: 18 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57090-1Published: 12 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-7662
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7670
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 318
Topics: European History, Economic History, Asian History, Sociology of Work, Social History, Modern History