The Dream of Formality: Racialization Otherwise and International Economic Law

Donatella Alessandrini; Johanna Del Pilar Cortes-Nieto; Luis Eslava; Anil Yilmaz Vastardis

doi:10.1093/jiel/jgac016

The Dream of Formality: Racialization Otherwise and International Economic Law

Título traducido de la contribución: El sueño de la formalidad: otra racialización y el derecho económico internacional

Donatella Alessandrini, Johanna Del Pilar Cortes-Nieto, Luis Eslava, Anil Yilmaz Vastardis

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Este artículo explora el papel central de la formalización en la historia y el funcionamiento del derecho económico internacional. El derecho económico internacional, al constituir y gestionar una economía mundial "moderna", se ha basado en lo que llamamos "el sueño de la formalidad". Este sueño da un sentido de coherencia interna y de totalidad futura al derecho económico internacional. Permite que el derecho económico internacional reclame la conciencia y la inclusión progresiva de las relaciones socioeconómicas y jurídicas fuera de la economía moderna "formal", al tiempo que permite un régimen de diferenciación de la llamada población "excedente", a menudo racializada. En un mundo donde la "informalidad" es la norma y la "formalidad" es la excepción, los orígenes coloniales de la formalización han evolucionado hasta convertirse en un régimen pleno de gestión social y extracción de valor. Este régimen se ha arraigado en el derecho laboral internacional y los derechos humanos, así como en áreas del derecho económico internacional como la Ayuda para el Comercio y las Cadenas Globales de Valor. Basándonos en los debates contemporáneos sobre el capitalismo racial y poscolonial, nos centramos en la economía informal de Colombia para ilustrar lo esquivo del sueño de la formalidad y cómo los actuales ejercicios de otredad sustentan las prácticas actuales de "racialización de otro modo". Nuestra pregunta, entonces, es: ¿cómo sería el derecho económico internacional si no siguiera el sueño de la formalidad sino que aceptara el desafío de sostener la vida?

Título traducido de la contribución	El sueño de la formalidad: otra racialización y el derecho económico internacional
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)	207-223
Número de páginas	17
Publicación	Journal of International Economic Law
Volumen	25
N.º	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgac016
Estado	Publicada - jun. 1 2022

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