Legitimacy, Tribridity, and Decent Work Deficits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12716896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phoebe V Moore (0000-0002-8254-070X, Middlesex University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 315-330 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Globalizations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7731 • E-ISSN: 1474-774X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14747731.2014.895250 |
| OpenAlex | W2081365252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article outlines how features of the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) tribrid configuration have led to tensions around its perceived legitimacy. I claim that the ILO's structure is the most democratic but at the same time also quite problematic for a UN agency. To support this claim, I look at relations between the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DfID) and the ILO, and DfID's recently introduced 2011 Multilateral Aid Review auditing tools. Those are demonstrated to align better with employers' interests than with the interests of the other members of the ILO configuration. The article asks how decent work can continue to be prioritised when marketised principles provide the rationale for governance. Trade unions' responses to this ‘legitimacy storm’ show that the ILO has not lost legitimacy. On the contrary, the organisation's emphasis on decent and in particular, a renewed emphasis on dignified work is more important than ever due to recession and the rolling back of social protection in global and local governance
Agency (philosophy · Corporate governance · Development aid · Economics · Global governance · International development · Legitimacy · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Recession · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration
Social Upgrading and Labour in Global Production Networks
The anatomy of influence
The Power of Legitimacy Among Nations
Governing in Europe
Security
The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism
New Labour and the Politics of Depoliticisation
The politics of economic management in the 1990s
Legitimacy in intergovernmental and non-state global governance
The politics of legitimate global governance
Limits of legitimacy and the primacy of politics in financial governance
International Financial Institutions and Post-communist Labour Reform
The Uses of Legitimacy in International Relations
The legitimation of international organisations
Neoliberalism and Socialisation in the Contemporary City
The Legitimacy of International Governance
Everyday Legitimacy and International Financial Orders
Legitimacy and Authority in International Politics
Legitimacy and the Privatization of Environmental Governance
The Legitimation of International Governance
World Politics and Organizational Fields
Can non-state global governance be legitimate? An analytical framework
Whose legitimacy? Islamic finance and the global financial order
After Neoliberalization
Revolutions from above
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |