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About this book

An innovative diplomatic and intellectual history of decolonization, post-colonial nation building and international human rights and development discourses, this study of the role of the ILO during 1940–70 opens up new perspectives on the significance of international organisations as actors in the history of the 20th century.



Front Matter
Pages i-xvii
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Introduction
Introduction
Daniel Maul
Pages 1-16
Prologue: Separate worlds — The ILO and “native labour”, 1919–39
Prologue: Separate worlds — The ILO and “native labour”, 1919–39
Daniel Maul
Pages 17-27
“A People’s Peace in the Colonies”, 1940–47
Front Matter
Pages 29-29
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“The Promise of a New Earth to Till”: The ILO’S Colonial Work in Exile, 1940–43
Daniel Maul
Pages 31-58
A Charter for the Colonies: The Colonies at the Philadelphia Conference, 1944
Daniel Maul
Pages 59-85
A New World with New Ideas: The ILO and the Quest for a Colonial Post-War Order, 1945–48
Daniel Maul
Pages 86-118
The Tools of Progress: The ILO, 1948–60
Front Matter
Pages 119-119
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Principled Development: The Beginnings of the Technical Assistance Programme (TAP)
Daniel Maul
Pages 121-151
At Arm’s Length: The ILO and Late Colonial Social Policy
Daniel Maul
Pages 152-184
Universal Rights? Standard-Setting against the Backdrop of Late Colonialism, Decolonization and the Cold War
Daniel Maul
Pages 185-223
A Growing Conflict: Development, Human Rights and Decolonization, 1960–70
Front Matter
Pages 225-225
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A New Power: The ILO and the Growing Importance of the Developing World in the 1960s
Daniel Maul
Pages 227-258
An Intellectual Fashion: Human Rights Standards as a Barrier to Development?
Daniel Maul
Pages 259-285
Conclusion
Daniel Maul
Pages 286-302
Back Matter
Pages 303-412