Human rights, development and decolonization: the International Labour Organization, 1940-70

An innovative diplomatic and intellectual history of decolonization, post-colonial nation building and international human rights and development discourses, this study of the role of the ILO during 1940b 70 opens up new perspectiveson the significance of international organisations as actors in the history of the 20th century. DANIEL ROGER MAUL Lecturer in the Department of History, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany, and has published widely on the history of globalization and international organizations. He is currently working on a history of international relief in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Timeline - Introduction - PART I: 'A PEOPLE'S PEACE IN THE COLONIES', 1940b 47 - 'Thepromise of a new earth to till': The ILO's Colonial Work in Exile, 1940b 43 -A Charter for the Colonies: The Colonies at the Philadelphia Conference, 1944- A New World With New Ideas: The ILO and the Quest for a Colonial Post-war Order, 1945b 48 - PART II: THE TOOLS OF PROGRESS: THE ILO, 1948b 60 - Principled Development: The Beginnings of the Technical Assistance Programme (TAP) - AtArm's Length: The ILO and Late Colonial Social Policy - Universal Rights? Standard-setting Against the Backdrop of Late Colonialism, Decolonization and theCold War - PART III: A GROWING CONFLICT: DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND DECOLONIZATION, 1960b 70 - A New Power: The ILO and the Growing Importance of the Developing World in the 1960s - An Intellectual Fashion: Human Rights Standards as a Barrier to Development? - Conclusion - Appendix I: Selection of ImportantConventions and Recommendations, 1930b 70 - Appendix II: Ratification of CoreHuman Rights Standards by Country and Date of Ratification (Selection) - Sources and Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-34362-7
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 464
• Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés