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The ILO: An agency for globalization?

Standing, Guy

Authors

Guy Standing



Abstract

The International Labour Organization, set up in 1919 to develop and promote labour standards, is at a crucial point. It has preached that labour is not a commodity and in 1969 received the Nobel Peace Prize. Since then it has run into trouble. This article considers how the ILO has failed to come to terms with the Global Transformation, seeing it as trying to play three roles — a standard-setter, a technical assistance agency and a knowledge generator — without developing the professional capacity to do so. The big question is whether the ILO could become an effective development agency given the changing character of work and labour in globalizing labour markets and its antiquated governance structure.

Citation

Standing, G. (2008). The ILO: An agency for globalization?. Development and Change, 39(3), 355-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00484.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date May 1, 2008
Deposit Date Mar 11, 2013
Publicly Available Date May 2, 2108
Journal Development and Change
Print ISSN 0012-155X
Electronic ISSN 1467-7660
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 3
Pages 355-384
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00484.x
Keywords ILO, International Labour Organization, International Labour Organisation, globalisation, globalization, labor standards, labour standards, Philadelphia Declaration, labour flexibility, labor flexibility
Publisher URL http://www.unhistory.org/pdf/StandingILO.pdf

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