Title: Human rights, development, and decolonization : the International Labour Organization, 1940-70 /
Authors: Maul, Daniel.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ; International Labour Office,
Year: 2012
Subjects: International Labour Organization History.; Decolonization.; Human rights; HISTORY / World.; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.; HISTORY / Social History.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
Abstract: 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 1940--70 opens up new perspectives on the significance of international organisations as actors in the history of the 20th century. The significance of international organisations as historical actors is one of the least.
Contents: Pt -- 1. "A people's peace in the colonies", 1940-47 -- pt -- 2. The tools of progress: the ILO, 1948-60 -- pt -- 3. A growing conflict: development, human rights, and decolonization, 1960-70.