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Labour Rights in Crisis

Measuring the Achievement of Human Rights in the World of Work

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  1. W. R. Böhning
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Basic Labour Rights are Human Rights

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 1-10

  3. Can the Achievement of Rights be Measured Quantitatively?

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 11-23

  4. The Architecture and Scope of the Gap System

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 24-38

  5. Measuring Adherence

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 39-47

  6. Measuring Implementation

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 48-78

  7. Time Lags and Finalization of the System’s Features

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 79-90

  8. Human Rights Achievements — Measuring the Four Freedoms as a Whole

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 91-120

  9. Achievements in the Area of Freedom of Association

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 121-140

  10. Achievements in the Area of Forced Labour

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 141-151

  11. Achievements in the Area of Child Labour

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 152-161

  12. Achievements in the Area of Non-discrimination

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 162-174

  13. Typical Country Patterns and Conclusions

    • W. R. Böhning
    Pages 175-181

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 182-229
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Innovatively linking actual implementation to ratification of International Labour Office (ILO) Core Conventions, the author develops a new method and uses unexploited data from the ILO's supervisory system to rate the achievement of basic human rights in the world of work - freedom of association and freedom from forced labour, child labour and discrimination - for 159 countries during the period 1985-2003. It will appeal to the human and labour rights communities as well as to social scientists interested in indicators or international relations.

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'...this is a very good book and one that should be used as a reference tool by IR scholars as well as those interested in labour more generally.' - Millennium Journal of International Studies

About the author

W.R.BÖHNING is a Political Scientist educated at the Free University of Berlin. He first made his name on international migration questions at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and the International Labour Office, before covering ILO's technical co-operation in South-East Asia and workers' basic rights globally. He is now a Consultant in Geneva, Switzerland.

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