International Labour Organization and the Quest for Social Justice, 1919-2009.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Authors' preface -- 1. An international organization for social justice -- A "wild dream" -- The central ideas -- Tripartism -- The system of international labour standards -- The ILO in a changing world -- 2. Human rights and rights at work -- Introduction -- Human rights and ILO history -- Major themes of the ILO's human rights work -- Concluding remarks -- 3. The quality of work -- Improving working lives -- A changing policy environment -- The impact of the ILO's work - Some illustrations -- The challenges ahead -- 4. Social protection -- Social protection for all? -- The ILO social insurance model between the wars -- From social insurance to social security:The war as a transition period -- The challenge of "universal" social security -- Crisis and controversy: The Chilean pension model as an example -- Social protection as part ofan integrated ILO approach -- Conclusion -- 5. Employment andpoverty reduction -- The interwar period -- The Second World War andits immediate aftermath -- The 1950s and 1960s -- The World Employment Programme -- The 1980s -- The 1990s -- The 2000s -- 6. Decent work anda fair globalization -- A social foundation for the international economy:The early years -- From planning to deregulation:The post-war decades -- The re-emergence of international social policy -- The Decent Work Agenda -- Looking ahead -- Appendixes -- Appendix I A chronology of the ILO -- Appendix II Selected official documents -- Constitution of the International Labour Organization:Preamble, 1919 -- General Principles from the Constitution, 1919 -- Declaration concerning the aims and purposesof the International Labour Organization(Declaration of Philadelphia), 1944 -- ILO Declarations -- Appendix III Selected further reading -- ILO history -- Papers prepared for the ILO Century Project (2008).