The Concept of "Right to Development" in International Relations from the View of Post-Colonial Theory

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Shahid Beheshti University

2 PhD Candidate in International Relations, Shahid Beheshti University

Abstract

The polarized debate amongst states, scholars, and practitioners over the right to development is underlined by salient paradoxes and contradictions. Recent academic and policy debates on the right to development have focused on two main themes. The first is the discussion over conceptualizing and framing development as a human right, The second and more current theme is the difficulty that has accompanied the implementation of the right to development. Relying on Post-clonial studies this article argues that the rhetoric of the right to development has been deployed both as a language of resistance to oppose a hegemonic global economic system and as a language of power to assert national sovereignty and legitimize statist political and economic agendas. Furthermore the article argues that the international discourses on the right to development have been underscored by similar manipulation of rights language to serve the political and economic agendas of states, rulingregimes, and other non-governmental authority structures

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