This is the first comprehensive account of the International Labour Organization's (100 year-
long) history. The Centenary publication shows the ILO as a forum and an actor in the area …

Based on the case of the ILO, both as an actor and driver of international social policy, this
collection explores the internationalization process of social rights, in a number of national …

Despite the ubiquitous nature of the discourse on human rights there is currently little
research on the emergence of disclosure by multinational corporations on their human rights …

Between the late 1880s and the onset of the Second World War, anti-slavery activism
experienced a revival in Europe. Anti-slavery organizations in Britain, Italy, France, and …

This book examines the European Left's attempt to think and give shape to an alternative
type of European integration—a 'social Europe'—during the long 1970s. Based on fresh …

" En agosto de 2008, el gobierno británico publicó su primer" Registro Nacional de
Riesgos", que contenía una" evaluación de los riesgos de las emergencias civiles a las que …

European unity is a dream that has appealed to the imagination since the Middle Ages. Its
motives have varied from a longing for peace to a deep-rooted abhorrence of diversity, as …

This contribution analyses, from a historical perspective, the ways in which the International
Labour Organization has been able to affirm and fulfil the mission entrusted to it in 1919: to …

Global Labour History has rapidly gained ground as a field of study in the 21st century,
attracting interest in the Global South and North alike. Scholars derive inspiration from the …

We, the workers of the fully industrialized,“civilized” countries of the West, can no longer
“isolate” ourselves from the remainder of the world. Our movements are no longer (and our …