Social Reform, Modernization and Technical Diplomacy: The ILO Contribution to Development (1930-1946)

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Abstract: Founded in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles as part of the League of Nations’ system, the ILO is still today the main organization responsible for the international organization of work and the improvement of working conditions in the world. Widely recognized for its efforts in building international labour standards, the ILO remains little studied by development specialists and historians. This book intends to fill this gap and traces the history of international development and its early pioneers, through an analysis of the activities of the International Labour Office, the Secretariat of the International Labour Organization, between 1930 and 1946. In this book, development is used as a key to questioning the ILO's place and function in the expanding inter-war world. The development practices and discourses that emerged in the 1930s were mainly intended to support the ILO's universalization strategy, which was made necessary by the events that shook Europe at the time. Develo

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783110616323
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 332 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Work in Global and Historical Perspective ; Bd. 8

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Internationale Arbeitsorganisation ; Geschichte 1930-1946 ; Entwicklungspolitik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2020
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (who): De Gruyter
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Plata-Stenger, Véronique

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/9783110616323
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-70566-3
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:33 AM CEST