Conceptualising Chinese transnational infrastructure projects in Europe and beyond

Schaefer, Florian and Mohan, Giles (2024). Conceptualising Chinese transnational infrastructure projects in Europe and beyond. Progress in Human Geography, 48(6) pp. 805–825.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325241269768

Abstract

Chinese actors have emerged as major funders and developers of large-scale transnational infrastructure projects in Europe and beyond. Despite this profound shift, geographers have not yet arrived at a clear conceptualisation of such projects. We show how the literature is overly reliant on a functional view of the Chinese state, structural economic factors, single case studies, and bilateral relations, generating monocausal explanations of outcomes. We develop a new conceptual framework emphasising variegation driven by shifting assemblages of actors, dynamic strategic coupling, and multi-scalar processes of territorialisation. To operationalise our framework, we draw on process tracing and incorporated comparisons across cases.

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