Economic rights claims grew directly from anti-neocolonial struggles

Evidence

Neocolonialism emerged, as Upendra Baxi has noted, just as struggles for independence appeared to succeed. The struggle against neocolonialism took the form of new demands for economic rights, including rights to development and to ‘Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources’. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 230

Categorization

• SEED: Potential essay angle: the rise of economic rights (development, permanent sovereignty over natural resources) as a direct counter to market liberalization — how a rights vocabulary was deployed to fend off market control of resources.
• XREF: connects to: Human rights language was mobilized against demands for postcolonial economic redistribution. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 379; Postcolonial states wielded human rights to justify resource nationalization — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 286; Neocolonialism keeps formally independent states economically and politically directed from outside — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 181 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Postcolonial states wielded human rights to justify resource nationalization #corroborates (0.82) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 286
• Human rights language was mobilized against demands for postcolonial economic redistribution. #corroborates (0.78) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 379
• Neocolonialism keeps formally independent states economically and politically directed from outside #expands (0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 181