International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 46 Issue 11

Editor’s preface

David Boucher

Reclaiming history: dehumanization and the failure of decolonization

David Boucher

The purpose of this paper is to show, with reference to the writings of important decolonization theorists and liberationists, how Nazism in Europe and the establishment of the UN…

Philosophical foundations for Indigenous economic and political rights

Paul Robert Patton

The purpose of this paper is to examine some influential accounts of the basis for Indigenous rights, consider their strengths and weaknesses, and ascertain whether and in what…

Critical theory and decolonial possibility in the neoliberal moment

Michael Elliott

The purpose of this paper is to consider how practices of critical theorising directed towards present dilemmas of neoliberalisation might inadvertently participate in the…

Outer space and neo-colonial injustice: Distributive justice and the continuous scramble for dominium

Peter Sutch, Peri Roberts

Recent developments in US rhetoric and policy advocating the militarisation and marketisation of outer space challenge the global commons values and regimes that developed partly…

Lawyers and the “new extraction” in Africa

Sara Dezalay

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ongoing “new extraction” on the African continent. Contrary to mainstream scholarship and policies that see in law an external variable…

Between appropriation and assassination: Pedagogical disobedience in an era of unfinished decolonisation

Amber Murrey

Oriented to ongoing student and university momentums for decolonial futures, the purpose of this paper is to interrogate the role and status of mainstream international…

The promise and limit of freedom: South Africa and the pursuit of racial justice

Bongani Ngqulunga

The purpose of this paper is to discuss South Africa’s trajectory of socio-economic development since the advent of democracy a quarter century ago. This is done through a…