Aerial Social Spaces and State Power

IF 1.1 2区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Public Culture Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI:10.1215/08992363-10742635

Waqar Zaidi

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Abstract

Abstract This article suggests that aerial networks can be usefully conceptualized as broad “aerial social spaces” that can (and often do) extend, produce, and reproduce state power. They are not easily created: their creation and maintenance require large resources both on land and in the air. The same aerial network can be embodied in multiple aerial social spaces that produce and reproduce state power in different ways. This article highlights two such pathways: the first through cultural and the second through logistical impact. In support it presents two case studies based on the expansion of civil aviation in the developing world in the 1940s and 1950s: the International Civil Aviation Authority's interventions in the Middle East and US involvement in Saudi Arabian aviation.

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空中社会空间与国家权力

本文认为，空中网络可以被有效地概念化为广泛的“空中社会空间”，它可以(而且经常)扩展、产生和再生产国家权力。它们并不容易创建:它们的创建和维护需要大量的陆地和空中资源。同一个空中网络可以体现在多个空中社会空间中，这些空间以不同的方式产生和再生产国家权力。本文强调了两种这样的途径:第一种是通过文化影响，第二种是通过后勤影响。为了支持本书，它提出了两个基于上世纪40年代和50年代发展中国家民航扩张的案例研究:国际民航局(International civil aviation Authority)对中东的干预，以及美国对沙特阿拉伯航空业的介入。

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Public Culture Multiple-

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

6.70%

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