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Author Maul, Daniel Roger

Title Human rights, development and decolonization : the International Labour Organization, 1940-70
Published Geneva : International Labour Office, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (431 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Photographs; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Timeline; Introduction; The International Labour Organization; Human rights, development and emancipation; International organizations as historical actors; International organizations and decolonization; Prologue: Separate worlds -- The ILO and "native labour", 1919-39; Mise en valeur, indirect rule and forced labour: colonial social policy between the wars; The exception to the rule: the "Native Labour Code"; Part I "A People's Peace in the Colonies", 1940-47
1 "The Promise of a New Earth to Till": The ILO's Colonial Work in Exile, 1940-43"The time may come shortly": the ILO in exile and the "native labour" issue; "Native labour" in exile; Tailwind; In the shadow of war; "A little less anonymity"; Securing the colonial contribution to victory: the Atlantic Charter and the ILC in New York, 1941; On the side of the Allies; The Atlantic Charter and colonial minimum standards; The tide turns; Colonial depression and the "people's peace"; American scare; Promises; 2 A Charter for the Colonies: The Colonies at the Philadelphia Conference, 1944
A parallel operation: colonial reforms in the ILO's post-war planningUniversalism in a colonial framework; Social policy in dependent territories; The pillars of the "people's peace"; The pitfalls of reform; Pious hopes?; The ideology of victory: the colonial reforms of Philadelphia; The "social conscience of mankind"; "Make sure that they too will taste the sweet fruit of victory": colonial reforms in Philadelphia; "Nothing can be done about it of course": the colonial powers in Philadelphia; Colonial charter or imperialistic stereotype?
3 A New World with New Ideas: The ILO and the Quest for a Colonial Post-war Order, 1945-48"This is 1945!" The colonial principles of Philadelphia and the new international order; The ILC in Paris, 1945; Universalism put to the test: the Social Policy in Dependent Territories (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation, 1945; Paid holiday for the colonies; Wage policy; Growing impatience; The ILO on the side of the West and the completion of the colonial reform programme of 1947; Finding a place in the new order; The Conventions of 1947; Migrant labour; Non-discrimination; Freedom of association
Towards a different ILO: Indian independence and the start of the post-colonial eraRepresentation and regionalization; From the colonial economy to underdevelopment: new demands on the ILO; Part II The Tools of Progress: The ILO, 1948-60; 4 Principled Development: The Beginnings of the Technical Assistance Programme (TAP); David Morse and the origins of the TAP; Too much in a groove; "Available for maximum cooperation": the ILO and Truman's Point IV Program; Acting on poverty's cry: technical assistance for underdeveloped countries
Summary A break-through in historical scholarship on international politics in the twentieth century in general and on the role of international organizations, human rights and development in particular. It is immensely gratifying to see this excellent book appear in English translation, which makes it available to the large international audience it deserves. A carefully drafted, well-written study, the book will become a standard work for scholars and students in history, political science, human rights and development studies.' - Corinna R. Unger, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Notes "Help them move the ILO way": the ILO's integrated approach to development
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Subject International Labour Organisation -- History
International Labour Organisation
Decolonization.
Human rights.
Human Rights
Decolonization
Human rights
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789221219927
9221219925