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Pluralism, Tripartism and the Foundation of the International Labour Organization

In: Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe

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  • Valerio Torreggiani

    (University of Lisbon)

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In 1919 tripartism, intended as a form of cooperation between employers, employees and governments, was one of the founding principles of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The chapter explores the theoretical sources of such an idea and its ideological contents. It argues that the early twentieth century British Pluralist movement offered a model of governance predicated upon a system of codetermination between interest groups and governments that was exploited by a group of British international civil servants for creating the ILO. Furthermore, the paper suggests that this resulted in an international agency created to offer a compromise with moderate trade unions and to avoid violent social revolution. Overall, through the ILO the tripartite idea was put at the service of the post-war conservative movement, contributing to reconstructing social order and reforming capitalism.

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  • Valerio Torreggiani, 2021. "Pluralism, Tripartism and the Foundation of the International Labour Organization," Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought, in: Alexandre M. Cunha & Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak (ed.), Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe, chapter 0, pages 213-248, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pshchp:978-3-030-47102-6_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47102-6_8
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