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Hydropower infrastructure and regional order making in the Sub-Mekong region
Ist Teil von
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 2018, Vol.61 (1)
Ort / Verlag
Brasília: Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internaciðnais
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This paper conceptualizes the interplay between infrastructures and the reconstruction of regional order. We analyze the promotion of hydropower development in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region in relation to the potential emergence of a Chinese hegemony. Dams, electricity grids and monitoring systems have enabled cross-border linkages and dependencies, enmeshing Chinese actors in various places, markets, and knowledge systems. Yet knowledge controversies over impact assessments and diverging sociotechnical imaginaries indicate that it is too early to talk about a China-centered regional order.