J Schritt
Biographic Data
| ID | 28780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Schritt |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Schritt |
| SIGNATURE | SCHRITT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Göttingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2161-2711 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The McDonaldization of democracy? Globalization and space-making in practices of innovating mini-publics
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 German Research Foundation
Colonization, appropriation, commensuration
What happens when practices are transferred from one place to another? This question lurks in the background of competing concepts of social order, modernization and globalization: Does it expand a homogeneous space where the functionality of original practices is reproduced? Or does it mix up any settled orders and create a dynamic space of heterogeneous assemblages? We here draw on a mobile ethnography following the travel of 'mini-publics', a …
An ethnography of public events
In this article, I discuss the methodological framework of the extended case method in light of both the findings of my case study and contemporary social theory. Taking the inauguration event of the first oil refinery in Niger in 2011 as a starting point from which to analyse the country's socio-political order, I then extend the situation into time, space and theory to account for oil-induced transformations. To do so, I make use of Burawoy's f…
Infrastrukturierung von Wissensräumen
Politics at a distance
We study efforts at promoting deliberative mini-publics as a model of democracy. Our focus is on practices supporting the circulation of know-how for doing mini-publics. In this paper we center on the building of infrastructures for knowledge exchange in and around a network known as Democracy R&D. This is a network of mini-publics practitioners from around the world with the declared goal of adding momentum to democratic innovation by enhancing …
Janus-faced presidents
This article analyses political speeches and practices of three Nigerien presidents between 2008 and 2011. It argues that politics in Niger are characterised by a logic of code-switching between an extroverted rhetoric to gain access to international aid, and an introverted rhetoric that critiques this very international system. This analysis makes a case for studies of African states that do not completely adhere to a perspective of either neoco…
Crude talking
At the beginning of production, the presence of oil in Niger was characterised by talking oil politics. In this talk, political actors invoked the ‘resource curse’ thesis to question the legitimacy of their opponents through the speech acts of naming, blaming and claiming. Analysing two radio debates from late 2011 about the future fuel price and the prospects of Niger’s oil refinery, I situate the actors’ oil talk according to their positions in…
Janus-faced activists
This article discusses the workings of civil society and its leaders in Niger. Tracing the country's historically sedimented socio-political order, it argues that Niger's civil society is characterized by a twofold embeddedness. Since the introduction of multiparty politics in 1990, the political game in Niger has been exemplified by co-optation, bribery and corruption. These spoils are a central focus for civil society leaders who have become ex…
Dis/ordering politics
This article focuses on 'generic moments of becoming', historical sedimentation and patterns of recurrent protests to explain the structural drivers that sparked the dramatic increase in urban protests and riots in Niger between 2013 and 2018. It identifies several factors in the country's socio-political configuration as particularly important for understanding the protests: new media and politics by proxy, political machines, the social and pol…
Urban Protest in Oil-age Niger
The opening of the first oil refinery in Niger at the end of November 2011 spurred protests and violent clashes between youths and police. These protests turned into urban riots in the days following. In this extended case study, I analyse the processual, performative and affective dimensions of the protests and discuss urban protest and contentious politics in Niger against the backdrop of political machines, a hybrid civil society, the dynamics…
Well-Oiled Protest
The article focuses on disputes and protests around the inauguration of Niger's first oil refinery in late 2011. Drawing on theory of the resource curse and the literature on African politics and the state, it analyzes the transformative potential of oil in Nigerien politics and society, showing how oil was received in an already well-structured political arena, sparking political conflicts rather than conflicts about oil. With the start of oil p…
Petro-Democracy
In 2008, Niger signed an oil contract with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) over the Agadem oil block located in the far eastern region of Diffa; and in 2011, they inaugurated the country’s first and only oil refinery near Zinder, the second biggest city, situated in the country’s south-east. While the inauguration had been planned as a major celebration to mark the coming of oil, it soon became a highly contested political event. That…
Contesting the oil zone
Petro-Democracy
Im Jahr 2008 unterzeichneten die nigrische Regierung und die China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) einen Vertrag zur Erdölförderung im Agademblock, der in der fernöstlichen Region Diffa liegt, und eröffneten 2011 die erste und einzige Ölraffinerie des Landes in der Nähe von Zinder, der zweitgrößten Stadt im Südosten des Landes. Während die Einweihung als eine große Feier geplant war, um das Erdölzeitalter in Niger einzuläuten, wurde die Ein…
Crude Moves
In this article, we analyse the political and social process through which Niger has emerged as a new oil state since 2008. Instead of viewing the situation as a clear-cut resource-curse scenario, we see oil as an important, but by no means determining factor in the country's current political workings. Analysing the main features and narratives of the Nigerien political game in this time of incipient oil production, we first of all observe how v…
Crude controversies
Funder: \n Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft\n http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659
From nuclear imperialism to petro-democracy? Resource assemblages and the emergence of a new political configuration in Niger
The rentier state and resource curse concepts understand oil and uranium as fixed resources generating economic rents. In doing so, these theories largely ignore the social, economic, political and technological arrangements essential for a material substance like oil or uranium to become a resource. By comparing the diachronic and synchronic entanglements of the different socio-technical arrangements of oil and uranium in Niger, the assumption o…
The 'Protests against Charlie Hebdo' in Niger
In many Muslim countries in West Africa and beyond, 'protests against Charlie Hebdo' occurred when citizens went out on the streets following Friday prayers on 16 January 2015. However, only in Niger did these protests turn extremely violent. This report analyses the social, political and religious workings behind the protests in Niger. In doing so, it shows that the so-called 'protests against Charlie Hebdo' are only superficially linked to the …
The 'Protests against Charlie Hebdo' in Niger
In many Muslim countries in West Africa and beyond, 'protests against Charlie Hebdo' occurred when citizens went out on the streets following Friday prayers on 16 January 2015. However, only in Niger did these protests turn extremely violent. This report analyses the social, political and religious workings behind the protests in Niger. In doing so, it shows that the so-called 'protests against Charlie Hebdo' are only superficially linked to the …
Politics at a distance
We study efforts at promoting deliberative mini-publics as a model of democracy. Our focus is on practices supporting the circulation of know-how for doing mini-publics. In this paper we center on the building of infrastructures for knowledge exchange in and around a network known as Democracy R&D. This is a network of mini-publics practitioners from around the world with the declared goal of adding momentum to democratic innovation by enhancing …
Janus-faced activists
This article discusses the workings of civil society and its leaders in Niger. Tracing the country's historically sedimented socio-political order, it argues that Niger's civil society is characterized by a twofold embeddedness. Since the introduction of multiparty politics in 1990, the political game in Niger has been exemplified by co-optation, bribery and corruption. These spoils are a central focus for civil society leaders who have become ex…
Contesting the oil zone
Crude controversies
Funder: \n Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft\n http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659
Well-Oiled Protest
The article focuses on disputes and protests around the inauguration of Niger's first oil refinery in late 2011. Drawing on theory of the resource curse and the literature on African politics and the state, it analyzes the transformative potential of oil in Nigerien politics and society, showing how oil was received in an already well-structured political arena, sparking political conflicts rather than conflicts about oil. With the start of oil p…
An ethnography of public events
In this article, I discuss the methodological framework of the extended case method in light of both the findings of my case study and contemporary social theory. Taking the inauguration event of the first oil refinery in Niger in 2011 as a starting point from which to analyse the country's socio-political order, I then extend the situation into time, space and theory to account for oil-induced transformations. To do so, I make use of Burawoy's f…
Urban Protest in Oil-age Niger
The opening of the first oil refinery in Niger at the end of November 2011 spurred protests and violent clashes between youths and police. These protests turned into urban riots in the days following. In this extended case study, I analyse the processual, performative and affective dimensions of the protests and discuss urban protest and contentious politics in Niger against the backdrop of political machines, a hybrid civil society, the dynamics…
Crude Moves
In this article, we analyse the political and social process through which Niger has emerged as a new oil state since 2008. Instead of viewing the situation as a clear-cut resource-curse scenario, we see oil as an important, but by no means determining factor in the country's current political workings. Analysing the main features and narratives of the Nigerien political game in this time of incipient oil production, we first of all observe how v…
Janus-faced presidents
This article analyses political speeches and practices of three Nigerien presidents between 2008 and 2011. It argues that politics in Niger are characterised by a logic of code-switching between an extroverted rhetoric to gain access to international aid, and an introverted rhetoric that critiques this very international system. This analysis makes a case for studies of African states that do not completely adhere to a perspective of either neoco…
Crude talking
At the beginning of production, the presence of oil in Niger was characterised by talking oil politics. In this talk, political actors invoked the ‘resource curse’ thesis to question the legitimacy of their opponents through the speech acts of naming, blaming and claiming. Analysing two radio debates from late 2011 about the future fuel price and the prospects of Niger’s oil refinery, I situate the actors’ oil talk according to their positions in…
Dis/ordering politics
This article focuses on 'generic moments of becoming', historical sedimentation and patterns of recurrent protests to explain the structural drivers that sparked the dramatic increase in urban protests and riots in Niger between 2013 and 2018. It identifies several factors in the country's socio-political configuration as particularly important for understanding the protests: new media and politics by proxy, political machines, the social and pol…
The 'Protests against Charlie Hebdo' in Niger
In many Muslim countries in West Africa and beyond, 'protests against Charlie Hebdo' occurred when citizens went out on the streets following Friday prayers on 16 January 2015. However, only in Niger did these protests turn extremely violent. This report analyses the social, political and religious workings behind the protests in Niger. In doing so, it shows that the so-called 'protests against Charlie Hebdo' are only superficially linked to the …
From nuclear imperialism to petro-democracy? Resource assemblages and the emergence of a new political configuration in Niger
The rentier state and resource curse concepts understand oil and uranium as fixed resources generating economic rents. In doing so, these theories largely ignore the social, economic, political and technological arrangements essential for a material substance like oil or uranium to become a resource. By comparing the diachronic and synchronic entanglements of the different socio-technical arrangements of oil and uranium in Niger, the assumption o…
Petro-Democracy
In 2008, Niger signed an oil contract with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) over the Agadem oil block located in the far eastern region of Diffa; and in 2011, they inaugurated the country’s first and only oil refinery near Zinder, the second biggest city, situated in the country’s south-east. While the inauguration had been planned as a major celebration to mark the coming of oil, it soon became a highly contested political event. That…
Contesting the oil zone
Petro-Democracy
Im Jahr 2008 unterzeichneten die nigrische Regierung und die China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) einen Vertrag zur Erdölförderung im Agademblock, der in der fernöstlichen Region Diffa liegt, und eröffneten 2011 die erste und einzige Ölraffinerie des Landes in der Nähe von Zinder, der zweitgrößten Stadt im Südosten des Landes. Während die Einweihung als eine große Feier geplant war, um das Erdölzeitalter in Niger einzuläuten, wurde die Ein…
Crude Moves
In this article, we analyse the political and social process through which Niger has emerged as a new oil state since 2008. Instead of viewing the situation as a clear-cut resource-curse scenario, we see oil as an important, but by no means determining factor in the country's current political workings. Analysing the main features and narratives of the Nigerien political game in this time of incipient oil production, we first of all observe how v…
Crude controversies
Funder: \n Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft\n http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659
Dis/ordering politics
This article focuses on 'generic moments of becoming', historical sedimentation and patterns of recurrent protests to explain the structural drivers that sparked the dramatic increase in urban protests and riots in Niger between 2013 and 2018. It identifies several factors in the country's socio-political configuration as particularly important for understanding the protests: new media and politics by proxy, political machines, the social and pol…
Urban Protest in Oil-age Niger
The opening of the first oil refinery in Niger at the end of November 2011 spurred protests and violent clashes between youths and police. These protests turned into urban riots in the days following. In this extended case study, I analyse the processual, performative and affective dimensions of the protests and discuss urban protest and contentious politics in Niger against the backdrop of political machines, a hybrid civil society, the dynamics…
Well-Oiled Protest
The article focuses on disputes and protests around the inauguration of Niger's first oil refinery in late 2011. Drawing on theory of the resource curse and the literature on African politics and the state, it analyzes the transformative potential of oil in Nigerien politics and society, showing how oil was received in an already well-structured political arena, sparking political conflicts rather than conflicts about oil. With the start of oil p…
Crude talking
At the beginning of production, the presence of oil in Niger was characterised by talking oil politics. In this talk, political actors invoked the ‘resource curse’ thesis to question the legitimacy of their opponents through the speech acts of naming, blaming and claiming. Analysing two radio debates from late 2011 about the future fuel price and the prospects of Niger’s oil refinery, I situate the actors’ oil talk according to their positions in…
Janus-faced activists
This article discusses the workings of civil society and its leaders in Niger. Tracing the country's historically sedimented socio-political order, it argues that Niger's civil society is characterized by a twofold embeddedness. Since the introduction of multiparty politics in 1990, the political game in Niger has been exemplified by co-optation, bribery and corruption. These spoils are a central focus for civil society leaders who have become ex…
Infrastrukturierung von Wissensräumen
Politics at a distance
We study efforts at promoting deliberative mini-publics as a model of democracy. Our focus is on practices supporting the circulation of know-how for doing mini-publics. In this paper we center on the building of infrastructures for knowledge exchange in and around a network known as Democracy R&D. This is a network of mini-publics practitioners from around the world with the declared goal of adding momentum to democratic innovation by enhancing …
Janus-faced presidents
This article analyses political speeches and practices of three Nigerien presidents between 2008 and 2011. It argues that politics in Niger are characterised by a logic of code-switching between an extroverted rhetoric to gain access to international aid, and an introverted rhetoric that critiques this very international system. This analysis makes a case for studies of African states that do not completely adhere to a perspective of either neoco…
An ethnography of public events
In this article, I discuss the methodological framework of the extended case method in light of both the findings of my case study and contemporary social theory. Taking the inauguration event of the first oil refinery in Niger in 2011 as a starting point from which to analyse the country's socio-political order, I then extend the situation into time, space and theory to account for oil-induced transformations. To do so, I make use of Burawoy's f…
The McDonaldization of democracy? Globalization and space-making in practices of innovating mini-publics
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 German Research Foundation
Colonization, appropriation, commensuration
What happens when practices are transferred from one place to another? This question lurks in the background of competing concepts of social order, modernization and globalization: Does it expand a homogeneous space where the functionality of original practices is reproduced? Or does it mix up any settled orders and create a dynamic space of heterogeneous assemblages? We here draw on a mobile ethnography following the travel of 'mini-publics', a …
Political science (17 works) · Law (15 works) · Politics (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Natural Resources and Economic Development (9 works) · Political economy (9 works) · Mining and Resource Management (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Resource curse (6 works)