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Entangled Enclaves: Dams, Volatile Rivers, and Chinese Infrastructural Engagement in Cambodia
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Abstract
This article seeks to advance understanding of the changing interconnections between rivers, infrastructure, and power relations as well as how these are increasingly shaped by a globalizing China and climate change. To do so, it analyzes damming practices in Cambodia and their evolution under a pos... view more
This article seeks to advance understanding of the changing interconnections between rivers, infrastructure, and power relations as well as how these are increasingly shaped by a globalizing China and climate change. To do so, it analyzes damming practices in Cambodia and their evolution under a post-neoliberal, concessionary governing mode that materializes in enclaves of corporate authority under Chinese state-owned enterprises. Drawing from the literature on the political life of Chinese overseas infrastructure projects, this article develops the idea of ambiguously entangled enclaves. The focus is on the four most recent large-scale dams in Cambodia and the kinds of dis/connections, altered hydrosocial relations, and power dynamics they generate. The article highlights patterns of dis/entanglement that illuminate the role of Chinese infrastructural engagement in shaping new political-ecological relations and socio-spatial formations in Cambodia and beyond. It also adds insights into the multidimensional geography of enclavism in the Mekong Region.... view less
Keywords
Cambodia; China; infrastructure; international networking
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
Mekong; dis/entanglement; global China; hydropower dams
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 269-259
Journal
ASEAS - Advances in Southeast Asian Studies, 16 (2023) 2
Issue topic
Negotiating Chinese Infrastructures of Modern Mobilities: Insights from Southeast Asia
ISSN
2791-531X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0