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RésuméEn tant que garante internationale de la justice sociale, l'OIT se trouve confrontée à une révolution comptable mondiale, parachevée par les normes comptables internationales (IAS‐IFRS). La comptabilité mesurait autrefois l'économie en rapport avec les capacités et les responsabilités des travailleurs et de ceux qui en disposent. C'est aujourd'hui l'exact opposé: les normes IAS‐IFRS ont perdu le sens de la mesure du travail et de l'entreprise en se référant au concept abstrait d'une entité cybernétique capable d'incessantes réorganisations, au prix d'inégalités sans limites. L'auteur en dénonce les incohérences et démontre la nécessité de redonner au travail toute sa valeur comptable.

"The discipline of international political economy faces a number of critical challenges at present, as it seeks to incorporate a number of relatively new issues, one of these being 'risk'. This captivating and enlightening study redresses the neglect of 'risk' in this field by focusing on objectivist rationalism. Highlighting some of the calculative practices rationalism makes possible, it demonstrates the deeply political nature of supposedly value-neutral technical pursuits such as accounting, auditing, the practice of statistics, sampling, and credit rating. All these practices are implicated in modernist forms of power and governance. The volume draws on work from various disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, political economy, and philosophy, to explain the apparent unravelling of the rationalist quest for more reliable forms of knowledge. It is highly suitable for courses on international relations/international political economy."--Provided by publisher.

AMERICAN FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY BETWEEN 1887 AND 1934 WAS SHAPED IN IMPORTANT WAYS BY THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES AS A "SUPPORTER" WITHIN IT. AS BRITAIN'S HEGEMONY DECLINED AND PARTICULARLY AFTER IT JOINED THE UNITED STATES AS A SUPPORTER JUST PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 1, AMERICAN FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY BECAME MORE LIBERAL AND ACTIVE. ONCE BRITAIN WAS TRANSFORMED FROM A SUPPORTER INTO A SPOILER IN THE LATE 1920S, LEAVING THE UNITED STATES AS THE SOLE SUPPORTER WITHIN THE IES, BOTH THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY AND AMERICAN POLICY BECAME MORE UNSTABLE AND PROTECTIONIST. DURING THE 1970S, THE UNITED STATES, WEST GERMANY, AND FRANCE ALL EMERGED AS SUPPORTERS WITHIN THE IES, INDICATING THAT A MODERATELY STABLE AND LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY MAY CONTINUE TO EXIST IN THE FUTURE.