Ricardo Reboredo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1019452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ricardo Reboredo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ricardo |
| FAMILY NAME | Reboredo |
| SIGNATURE | REBOREDO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Metropolitan University Prague |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4422-6514 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘At the Mercy of the Giants’
As the global green transition accelerates, demand for critical raw materials is surging. Within the literature, the term ‘green sacrifice zone’ has been adopted to describe areas that have experienced significant socio‐environmental deterioration through the extraction of these materials. We take this concept as a starting point, arguing that while it holds considerable analytical and political promise, it remains underdeveloped, lacking both co…
Agency, extractivism, and development
Infrastructure, time and labour
Africa’s renewed push towards infrastructure development brought with it new forms of territorialisation tied to both capital and labour. Infrastructures are expected to connect specific African hubs to global trade flows, promote industrialisation and increase employment rates, yet they often struggle to fulfil said promises. We explore the relationship between Africa’s ‘infrastructure turn’ and changing labour relations through the case of the …
Between energy and politics
South Africa’s energy system is in the midst of significant change and disturbance. On the one hand, a decrease in available generational capacity means that planned blackouts, known as load shedding, have increased to record levels over the last few years; on the other, the country has instituted an ambitious agenda to decarbonize its energy infrastructure. These processes have both caused upheaval across the country’s cities and raised question…
Norm Diffusion Beyond the West
Norm Diffusion Beyond the West
Connectivity and competition
This paper critically analyses Africa’s ‘Ports Race’, the massive increase in port infrastructure investment taking place across the continent since the mid-2000s. It argues that the phenomenon shapes, and is shaped by, three interconnected trends: (1) an emerging material–political–institutional lock-in to a new extractivist paradigm of capital accumulation; (2) continental governments’ growing embrace of state-led development strategies; and (3…
The BRICS and Africa
"The BRICS and Africa: meet the new boss, same as the old?." Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(1), pp. 201–202
Disaggregating Development
The emergence of Sino-African megaprojects has become a major topic of discussion in recent years. Developments such as the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, Merowe Dam and Nova Cidade de Kilamba are among the most visible linkages between China and Africa and have substantive effects on both bilateral relations and host-country economies. Although Sino-African megaprojects are heterogeneous in terms of framing, objectives and outcomes, certain threa…
Rebuilding hegemony
This paper draws on Gramscian concepts to analyse the ongoing transformation of the South African state. In particular, it conceptualises the Jacob Zuma administration’s attempt to establish a developmental state as an ongoing passive revolution. The paper argues that the implementation of the developmental state framework has transformed the role and character of the state apparatus. Three major transformations are detailed: a shift towards what…
Failed Fantasies in a South African Context
The (proposed) development of private sector-led, large-scale urban projects on the periphery of many African cities has drawn increased attention to the geographical breadth and potential consequences of the phenomena in recent years. This work demonstrates the speculative nature of many of these projects and their ‘world-class city’ aspirations, but also how such plans will exacerbate existing problems, including spatial inequality and environm…
Connectivity and competition
This paper critically analyses Africa’s ‘Ports Race’, the massive increase in port infrastructure investment taking place across the continent since the mid-2000s. It argues that the phenomenon shapes, and is shaped by, three interconnected trends: (1) an emerging material–political–institutional lock-in to a new extractivist paradigm of capital accumulation; (2) continental governments’ growing embrace of state-led development strategies; and (3…
Infrastructure, time and labour
Africa’s renewed push towards infrastructure development brought with it new forms of territorialisation tied to both capital and labour. Infrastructures are expected to connect specific African hubs to global trade flows, promote industrialisation and increase employment rates, yet they often struggle to fulfil said promises. We explore the relationship between Africa’s ‘infrastructure turn’ and changing labour relations through the case of the …
Between energy and politics
South Africa’s energy system is in the midst of significant change and disturbance. On the one hand, a decrease in available generational capacity means that planned blackouts, known as load shedding, have increased to record levels over the last few years; on the other, the country has instituted an ambitious agenda to decarbonize its energy infrastructure. These processes have both caused upheaval across the country’s cities and raised question…
Disaggregating Development
The emergence of Sino-African megaprojects has become a major topic of discussion in recent years. Developments such as the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, Merowe Dam and Nova Cidade de Kilamba are among the most visible linkages between China and Africa and have substantive effects on both bilateral relations and host-country economies. Although Sino-African megaprojects are heterogeneous in terms of framing, objectives and outcomes, certain threa…
Rebuilding hegemony
This paper draws on Gramscian concepts to analyse the ongoing transformation of the South African state. In particular, it conceptualises the Jacob Zuma administration’s attempt to establish a developmental state as an ongoing passive revolution. The paper argues that the implementation of the developmental state framework has transformed the role and character of the state apparatus. Three major transformations are detailed: a shift towards what…
Failed Fantasies in a South African Context
The (proposed) development of private sector-led, large-scale urban projects on the periphery of many African cities has drawn increased attention to the geographical breadth and potential consequences of the phenomena in recent years. This work demonstrates the speculative nature of many of these projects and their ‘world-class city’ aspirations, but also how such plans will exacerbate existing problems, including spatial inequality and environm…
Disaggregating Development
The emergence of Sino-African megaprojects has become a major topic of discussion in recent years. Developments such as the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, Merowe Dam and Nova Cidade de Kilamba are among the most visible linkages between China and Africa and have substantive effects on both bilateral relations and host-country economies. Although Sino-African megaprojects are heterogeneous in terms of framing, objectives and outcomes, certain threa…
Rebuilding hegemony
This paper draws on Gramscian concepts to analyse the ongoing transformation of the South African state. In particular, it conceptualises the Jacob Zuma administration’s attempt to establish a developmental state as an ongoing passive revolution. The paper argues that the implementation of the developmental state framework has transformed the role and character of the state apparatus. Three major transformations are detailed: a shift towards what…
Connectivity and competition
This paper critically analyses Africa’s ‘Ports Race’, the massive increase in port infrastructure investment taking place across the continent since the mid-2000s. It argues that the phenomenon shapes, and is shaped by, three interconnected trends: (1) an emerging material–political–institutional lock-in to a new extractivist paradigm of capital accumulation; (2) continental governments’ growing embrace of state-led development strategies; and (3…
The BRICS and Africa
"The BRICS and Africa: meet the new boss, same as the old?." Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(1), pp. 201–202
Norm Diffusion Beyond the West
Norm Diffusion Beyond the West
Infrastructure, time and labour
Africa’s renewed push towards infrastructure development brought with it new forms of territorialisation tied to both capital and labour. Infrastructures are expected to connect specific African hubs to global trade flows, promote industrialisation and increase employment rates, yet they often struggle to fulfil said promises. We explore the relationship between Africa’s ‘infrastructure turn’ and changing labour relations through the case of the …
Between energy and politics
South Africa’s energy system is in the midst of significant change and disturbance. On the one hand, a decrease in available generational capacity means that planned blackouts, known as load shedding, have increased to record levels over the last few years; on the other, the country has instituted an ambitious agenda to decarbonize its energy infrastructure. These processes have both caused upheaval across the country’s cities and raised question…
Agency, extractivism, and development
‘At the Mercy of the Giants’
As the global green transition accelerates, demand for critical raw materials is surging. Within the literature, the term ‘green sacrifice zone’ has been adopted to describe areas that have experienced significant socio‐environmental deterioration through the extraction of these materials. We take this concept as a starting point, arguing that while it holds considerable analytical and political promise, it remains underdeveloped, lacking both co…
Political science (7 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works)