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Mobilising security and logistics through an African port: a controversies approach to infrastructure
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Abstract Ports form part of the logistical infrastructure of the global economy. This article argues that both recent security and mobilities literatures are placing too much emphasis on supposedly all-encompassing global technologies to govern them. It uses a controversies approach to develop a greater sens... mehr
Ports form part of the logistical infrastructure of the global economy. This article argues that both recent security and mobilities literatures are placing too much emphasis on supposedly all-encompassing global technologies to govern them. It uses a controversies approach to develop a greater sensitivity to the diversity in the global makings of mobility and security. By looking at the port of Dar es Salaam, it reveals how controversies result from variegated understandings of situated political economies and offer a unique window to reveal more diverse and contested landscapes than is suggested by the literature. Three controversies are analysed: (1) cargo security; (2) delays in dwell time; and (3) modernity ‘from scrap’ or ‘from scratch’ (Dar versus Bagamoyo).... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Weltwirtschaft; Infrastruktur; Logistik; Sicherheit; Mobilität; Handel; Hafen; neue Technologie; politische Ökonomie; Tansania; Afrika
Klassifikation
Materialwirtschaft und Logistik
Volkswirtschaftslehre
Freie Schlagwörter
controversies
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2018
Seitenangabe
S. 246-260
Zeitschriftentitel
Mobilities, 13 (2018) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2017.1417774
ISSN
1745-011X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)