
Liberal Workers of the World, Unite? : The ICFTU and the Defence of Labour Liberalism in Europe and Latin America (1949-1969).
Title:
Liberal Workers of the World, Unite? : The ICFTU and the Defence of Labour Liberalism in Europe and Latin America (1949-1969).
Author:
Rodriguez Garcia, Magaly.
ISBN:
9783035302691
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (358 pages)
Series:
Trade Unions Past, Present and Future ; v.5
Trade Unions Past, Present and Future
Contents:
Contents -- List of Tables ix -- List of Acronyms xi -- Acknowledgments xv -- Introduction Explaining International Free Trade Union Organisations 1 -- Chapter One Ideological Roots of Free Trade Unions 23 -- Chapter Two International Free Trade Unionism in Europe and Latin America, 1949-1969 41 -- Chapter Three Strengthening the National Environment I: Free Trade Unions and Political Democracy 99 -- Chapter Four Strengthening the National Environment II: Free Trade Unions and Socio-Economic Policy 167 -- Chapter Five Strengthening the International Environment 223 -- Conclusion Liberal Workers of the World, Unite? 287 -- Bibliography 303 -- Index 335.
Abstract:
The history of international free trade union organisations during the first two decades of the Cold War is an important but often neglected aspect of the development of post-war labour and liberalism. In this path-breaking book, Rodriguez Garcia fills this void in the historical literature by offering a comparative analysis of two cases, the European Regional Organisation (ERO) and the Inter-American Regional Workers' Organisation (ORIT), which were created in the early 1950s as regional branches of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). The author employs the term 'labour liberalism' to describe their wide variety of functions. She argues that social democratic and reformist trade unions, which made up the bulk of ICFTU members, were fundamentally shaped by liberal values, even while calling for the active participation of organised labour in the planning and implementation of projects promoting liberal democracy and socio-economic development at home and abroad. By placing international free trade unionism centre stage, this book adds significantly to our understanding of post-war labour and liberalism.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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