Thursday, July 16, 2009
[IWS] ILR Press: ILO & THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, 1919-2009
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
and the
International Labour Organization (ILO)
THE ILO AND THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, 19192009
Gerry Rodgers; Eddy Lee; Lee Swepston; Jasmien Van Daele
$65.00s cloth
2009, 288 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
ISBN: 978-0-8014-4849-2 Quantity
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5599
See Executive Summary
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/article/wcms_105096.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
See also YOU TUBE for 90 years of ILO history presented in a moving scrapbook of photos, film, sound and music showing the Organization's role in promoting social justice and Decent Work within the historical, political and cultural contexts of each decade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnN1eejMtVk
This book tells the story of the International Labour Organization, founded in 1919 in the belief that universal and lasting peace goes hand in hand with social justice. Since then the ILO has contributed to the protection of the vulnerable, the fight against unemployment, the promotion of human rights, the development of democratic institutions, and the improvement of the working lives of women and men everywhere. In its history the ILO has sometimes thrived, sometimes suffered setbacks, but always survived to pursue its goals through the political and economic upheavals of the last ninety years.
The authors have between them many years of experience of working in and studying the ILO. They explore some of the main ideas that the ILO has developed and championed, and tell how they were applied, and to what effect, at different times and in different parts of the world. There are chapters on rights at work, the quality of employment, income protection, employment, poverty reduction, a fair globalization, and today's overriding goal of decent work for all. The book ends with reflections on the challenges ahead in a world where the present economic crisis underlines the urgency of global action for social justice.
About the Authors
Gerry Rodgers, former director of the International Institute for Labour Studies, is Visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. Eddy Lee, former economic adviser at the ILO, is Visiting Fellow at the International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva. Lee Swepston, Former Senior Adviser on Human Rights and Director of the Department of Fundamental Principles and rights at the ILO, is Visiting Professor at Lund University, Sweden and a lecturer and consultant. Jasmien Van Daele, a research officer for the ILO Century Project, 2007-2008, is now a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Contemporary History at Ghent University (Belgium).
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
and the
International Labour Organization (ILO)
THE ILO AND THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, 19192009
Gerry Rodgers; Eddy Lee; Lee Swepston; Jasmien Van Daele
$65.00s cloth
2009, 288 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
ISBN: 978-0-8014-4849-2 Quantity
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5599
See Executive Summary
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/article/wcms_105096.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
See also YOU TUBE for 90 years of ILO history presented in a moving scrapbook of photos, film, sound and music showing the Organization's role in promoting social justice and Decent Work within the historical, political and cultural contexts of each decade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnN1eejMtVk
This book tells the story of the International Labour Organization, founded in 1919 in the belief that universal and lasting peace goes hand in hand with social justice. Since then the ILO has contributed to the protection of the vulnerable, the fight against unemployment, the promotion of human rights, the development of democratic institutions, and the improvement of the working lives of women and men everywhere. In its history the ILO has sometimes thrived, sometimes suffered setbacks, but always survived to pursue its goals through the political and economic upheavals of the last ninety years.
The authors have between them many years of experience of working in and studying the ILO. They explore some of the main ideas that the ILO has developed and championed, and tell how they were applied, and to what effect, at different times and in different parts of the world. There are chapters on rights at work, the quality of employment, income protection, employment, poverty reduction, a fair globalization, and today's overriding goal of decent work for all. The book ends with reflections on the challenges ahead in a world where the present economic crisis underlines the urgency of global action for social justice.
About the Authors
Gerry Rodgers, former director of the International Institute for Labour Studies, is Visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. Eddy Lee, former economic adviser at the ILO, is Visiting Fellow at the International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva. Lee Swepston, Former Senior Adviser on Human Rights and Director of the Department of Fundamental Principles and rights at the ILO, is Visiting Professor at Lund University, Sweden and a lecturer and consultant. Jasmien Van Daele, a research officer for the ILO Century Project, 2007-2008, is now a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Contemporary History at Ghent University (Belgium).
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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