β Scribed by Jill M. Jensen, Nelson Lichtenstein (eds.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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.
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
A Sea of Difference: The ILO and the Search for Common Standards, 1919β45....Pages 15-32
The ILO, Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region: New Solidarities or Internationalism in the National Interest?....Pages 33-54
Japan and the 1919 ILO Debates over Rights, Representation and Global Labour Standards....Pages 55-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Negotiating a World Trade and Employment Charter: The United States, the ILO and the Collapse of the ITO Ideal....Pages 83-109
The ILO, Asia and the Beginnings of Technical Assistance, 1945β60....Pages 110-133
Differenceβs Other: The ILO and βWomen in Developing Countriesβ....Pages 134-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Homeworkers Organizing for Recognition and Rights: Can International Standards Assist Them?....Pages 159-179
The Global Domestic: Mapping Decent Work in International Dialogues....Pages 180-205
The Limits of Human Rights for Labour Rights: A Retrospective Look at the Case of Chile....Pages 206-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Legal Protection of the Right to Old-Age Insurance for Migrant Workers from Rural Areas in China....Pages 233-250
Freedom of Association: A Comparison of Chinese and US Approaches to ILO Standards....Pages 251-276
The ILO and the Corporate Social Responsibility Regime in East and South Asia....Pages 277-296
Back Matter....Pages 297-318
European History;Economic History;Asian History;Sociology of Work;Social History;Modern History
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