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International Labour Organization and Global Social Governance

Publication year: 2021

ISBN: 978-3-030-55400-2

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This book explores the role of the ILO (International Labour Organization) in building global social governance from multiple and mutually complementary perspectives. It explores the impact of this UN´s oldest agency, founded in 1919, on the transforming world of work in a global setting, providing insights into the unique history and functions of the ILO as an organization and the evolution of workers’ rights through international labour standards stemming from its regulatory mechanism.


Subject: Law and Criminology / Labour Law / Social Law / Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations / International Organization / Development and Social Change / ILO / Social governance of globalization / International labour standards / Social justice / ILO world commission of globalization / Decent work / ILO world commission on the social dimension of globalization / International labour law / Social sustainability / Transformation of work