TY  - JOUR
A1  - Reibold, Kerstin
T1  - Global Welfare Egalitarianism, Resource Rights, and Decolonization
N2  - This paper argues that land and resource rights are often essential in overcoming colonial inequality and devaluation of indigenous populations and cultures. It thereby criticizes global welfare egalitarians that promote the abolition of national sovereignty over resources in the name of increased equality. The paper discusses two ways in which land and resource rights contribute to decolonization and the eradication of the associated inequality. First, it proposes that land and resource rights have acquired a status-conferring function for (formerly) colonized peoples so that possession of full personhood and relational equality is partially expressed through the possession of land and resource rights. Second, it suggests that successful internal decolonization depends on access to and control over land and resources, especially for indigenous peoples.
KW  - decolonization
KW  - welfare egalitarianism
KW  - indigenous people
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/index.php/gjn/article/view/190
U6  - https://doi.org/10.21248/gjn.13.01.190
SN  - 1835-6842
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SP  - 80
EP  - 98
PB  - The Global Justice Network
CY  - Manchester
ER  -