Abstract
I set out to contextualize Critical Theory within the academic discussion concerning the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) efficacy today, in what many scholars would call the age of neoliberalism. First I review the history of the ILO’s organizational development; then I survey mainstream “Liberal-Institutionalist” literature on the subjects of neoliberalism, the ILO, and the relationship between the two; lastly I survey relevant contributions to Critical political economy and political theory for a deeper understanding of neoliberalism and its implications for the ILO. I conclude that the conventional literature on neoliberalism’s relationship with ILO fails to see a crucial disconnect between the ILO’s institutional principles and the political-economic realities of the world today.
Advisor
Simpson, Sid
Department
Political Science
Recommended Citation
Lyons, Ciaran, "Fall of the Two-Legged Stool: Neoliberalism's Toppling of the International Labor Organization" (2020). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 8888.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/8888
Disciplines
International Relations | Political Theory
Publication Date
2020
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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