Postscript
The Covid-19 epidemic has unveiled inequalities and instabilities in national and global economic and social systems of many countries, even rich and powerful ones such as the United States. The major economic and social crises that have followed signal t
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International Labour Organization and Global Social Governance
International Labour Organization and Global Social Governance
Tarja Halonen • Ulla Liukkunen Editors
International Labour Organization and Global Social Governance
Editors Tarja Halonen Office of the President of the Republic of Finland Helsinki, Finland
Ulla Liukkunen Faculty of Law University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
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Acknowledgements
The idea of this volume was born in the framework of an international seminar in September 2019 at Helsinki University to celebrate the ILO centenary. The seminar discussed the role of the ILO in the development of the social dimension of globalization from several perspectives. Our aim is to broaden the understanding of the role and relevance of the ILO today, develop new points of view and demonstrate how much we can learn from the past of this uniquely structured organization. The preparation of this book has taken place under the exceptional circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic and the international spread of riots. Questions of legal change, justice and fairer globalization that we too
