索马里非洲之角互联互通的政治经济学

IF 3.9 1区 社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
G. Iazzolino, Ahmed M Musa
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本文重点探讨索马里非洲之角(HoA)互联互通的政治经济学。一方面,文章描绘了索马里和索马里兰在电信和金融交汇处出现的公司,这些公司最终通过数字平台控制了物流,实现了整个地区的人员、货物和价值流通。另一方面,它还研究了在长期不安全和国家脆弱的背景下形成数字资本主义这一特殊实例的历史和政治因素。报告通过对索马里 HoA 地区数字平台的具体案例研究,深入探讨了数字资本主义的多种形态。为了推进作者的分析,文章将数字基础设施权力和 "外部扩张 "的概念联系起来。从经验角度看,文章深入研究了索马里 HoA 地区的数字平台案例,以说明该地区独特的数字景观是如何在五十年的政治不稳定和经济动荡中演变而来的。从理论上讲,文章探讨了在主要以全球北方为中心的各种数字资本主义叙事背景下,国家严重依赖私人拥有和管理的平台所产生的影响。
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The political economy of connectivity in the Somali Horn of Africa
This article focuses on the political economy of connectivity in the Somali Horn of Africa (HoA). On the one hand, it charts the emergence of firms in Somalia and Somaliland at the intersection of telecommunication and finance, eventually controlling logistics through digital platforms that enable the circulation of people, goods and value across the region. On the other, it examines the historical and political elements that have shaped a peculiar instance of digital capitalism against a backdrop of protracted insecurity and state fragility. It uses the specific case-study of digital platforms in the Somali HoA to provide insights into the multiple shapes that digital capitalism can take. To advance the authors' analysis, the article links the notions of digital infrastructural power and ‘extrastatecraft’. Empirically, it delves into the case of digital platforms in the Somali HoA to illustrate how the unique digital landscape of the region has evolved over fifty years of political instability and economic volatility. Theoretically, the article navigates the implications of the state's heavy reliance on privately owned and managed platforms amid the backdrop of variegated digital capitalism narratives, which have predominantly centred on the global North.
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International Affairs
International Affairs INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-
CiteScore
7.30
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255
期刊介绍: International Affairs is Britain"s leading journal of international relations. Founded by and edited at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, it has not only developed a much valued insight into European policy debates but has also become renowned for its coverage of global policy issues. Mixing commissioned and unsolicited articles from the biggest names in international relations this lively, provocative journal will keep you up-to-date with critical thinking on the key issues shaping world economic and political change.
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