Bedjaoui proposed corrective inequality to redress postcolonial exploitation.

Evidence

Bedjaoui was the strongest critic of this order of equal right. The Algerian lawyer disparaged the ‘froth and veneer of decolonisation’, and highlighted the persistence of ‘universal exploitation, and the dichotomy between poverty and affluence’ in the wake of formal independence. The very neutrality and formalism of international law had permitted colonisation, exploitation and racial discrimination, Bedjaoui argued, and facilitated the enrichment of the wealthy countries at the expense of impoverished ones. Just as Marxist critics of human rights have argued that abstract equality and freedom mask substantive inequality and domination, Bedjaoui rejected the ‘phantom sovereignty’ that masked relations of domination under the cover of formal equality. Instead, he invoked a new international law that would facilitate ‘corrective or compensatory inequality’ to promote the development of the Third World. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 418

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘corrective or compensatory inequality’ — the doctrinal antonym to formal equality central to the NIEO program.
• XREF: Pairs with the reader’s core debate: human-rights formal equality vs. redistributive justice, connecting to Marxist critiques of abstract rights. — connects to: Persistent inequality breeds new ideologies defending privileged positions across eras; Postcolonial theory can generate counterpresents, not just counterhistories — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 579; Formal equal right applied to unequal individuals necessarily produces inequality. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 416 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Formal equal right applied to unequal individuals necessarily produces inequality. #corroborates (0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 416
• Postcolonial theory can generate counterpresents, not just counterhistories #expands (0.75) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 579
• Persistent inequality breeds new ideologies defending privileged positions across eras #expands (0.72)
• Colonial exploitation funded welfare rights in the metropolis #expands (0.72) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 237