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China, geoeconomics and the ‘new’ state capitalism

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In contributing to a critical examination of geoeconomics, this article challenges the prevalent phenomenon of ‘geoeconomic othering’ ingrained within certain mainstream International Relations (IR) analyses. Focusing on the case of state capitalism in China, we argue that in typical orientalist fashion, some predominantly Anglo-American analyses tend to disproportionally emphasise China’s distinctiveness at the expense of glaring similarities with Western polities, and use this construct to normalise the neoliberal project and the geopolitical behaviours of the Global North. The task of a critical geoeconomics is to unpack these geographical imaginaries, to transcend essentialising depictions of the state and to explore the dialectic entanglements between state and corporate power.

Source: Environment and Planning A Economy and Space

DOI: 10.1177/0308518x241269361

Authors: Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente, Han Cheng

Institutions: University of Birmingham, National University of Singapore, Asia Research Institute

Language: English

Topic: Political Economy and Marxism

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,700

OpenAlex ID: W4403375606

FWCI: 9.484

Cites: 27

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10