Frontmatter -- Foreword / Ryder, Guy -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Antecedents -- Part I. An Experiment in Social Justice: 1919-1939 -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Facing the Crisis -- Part II. The Second Founding: 1940-1948 -- 3. The Road to Philadelphia -- 4. A Place in the New...

This book is the first comprehensive account of the International Labour Organization's 100-year history. At its heart is the concept of global social policy, which encompasses not only social policy in its national and international dimensions, but also development policy, world trade,...