John H S Åberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 707422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John H S Åberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | John H S |
| FAMILY NAME | Åberg |
| SIGNATURE | ÅBERG J H S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Malmö University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7800-2725 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
South Africa and the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Between December 2023 and January 2024, South Africa brought a case before International Court of Justice (ICJ), arguing that the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza since early October 2023 amounted to genocide. This marks a moment in global politics when an African state has used its agency to affect change in international affairs beyond its involvement in the non-aligned movement and beyond Global South bodies such as the BRICS. The case ope…
China–Ethiopia Relations and Industrial Development
Ethiopia aspired to become Africa’s “light manufacturing hub” and a “lower middle-income country” by 2025 (National Planning Commission 2016, 143, 169). Successive Ethiopian governments launched long-term plans and pursued industrial policies in line with a declared “developmental state” approach inspired by Japanese, South Korean, and Chinese models (Aberg and Becker 2020; Cheru and Oqubay 2019; Clapham 2018; Fourie 2015; Gebreeyesus 2013; Oquba…
A digital cold war in Africa? Capitalist multiplicity, digital transformation, and shifting dependencies amid US–China tech rivalry
Is a ‘digital cold war’ turning Africa, yet again, into a geopolitical battleground for great powers? It is said that African countries now risk becoming incorporated into different ‘technological spheres of influence’ as US–China rivalry increasingly revolves around digital technology. It is believed that China has the upper hand in this struggle given its structural power in African Information and Communications Technology (ICT) networks. Yet …
The will to do good and the clash of practices
China's Role in Global Development Finance
China's economic success has prompted both academic political economists and applied policy analysts to speculate about the implications of a new ‘China model’ of economic development and global economic governance. A particular issue is the degree to which the China model involves developing in opposition to or in cooperation with the pre‐existing norms of global economic governance. Recognizing the ambiguity of the China model, we consider two …
China as Exemplar
Despite vociferous disagreement by scholars and ambivalence by China over a “China Model” of development, China is still held up as an exemplar of development. Nowhere is this clearer than in the theory of New Structural Economics (NSE) promulgated by the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Justin Lin. We seek to critically engage Lin's theory apropos of China and China's geopolitical and economic interests in Africa. Lin argues that develo…
Introduction to the Special Issue
This introductory article examines the concept of strategic localization, which is central to the theme of this Special Issue of Politics & Policy . We focus on how African states, for regime survival and/or pragmatic reasons, reinterpret China's development discourse and preferences and implement them in their local contexts. We hypothesize that the China model of development has become a rhetorical commonplace used to legitimize policies percei…
The world is more than a stage
This paper seeks to reconcile performative theorizing, which captures the place of systems of thought on foreign policy practice, and broader sociological approaches that link networks and institutions across space, especially as they relate to the global economy. Once developed, the theory, which is termed here ‘spatial performativity’, is applied to recent efforts to promote industrialization through the development of special economic zones in…
Globalization and the rise of integrated world society
There is a widespread feeling that globalization represents a major system change that has or should have brought world society to the forefront of international relations theory. Nonetheless, world society remains an amorphous and undertheorized concept, and its potential role in shaping the structure of the international society of states has scarcely been raised. We build on Buzan's (2018, 2) master concept of ‘integrated’ world society (‘a la…
Is There a State Crisis in Sweden
Is Sweden a failed state in the making or a paradise on earth? Neither. Sweden is a functioning democracy but it faces serious challenges. This article attempts to make sense of them. It considers issues of law and order and the emergence of parallel structures of power. It shows that Sweden, following an unprecedented wave of immigration, is experiencing an ongoing struggle to define the nation
China as Exemplar
Despite vociferous disagreement by scholars and ambivalence by China over a “China Model” of development, China is still held up as an exemplar of development. Nowhere is this clearer than in the theory of New Structural Economics (NSE) promulgated by the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Justin Lin. We seek to critically engage Lin's theory apropos of China and China's geopolitical and economic interests in Africa. Lin argues that develo…
Introduction to the Special Issue
This introductory article examines the concept of strategic localization, which is central to the theme of this Special Issue of Politics & Policy . We focus on how African states, for regime survival and/or pragmatic reasons, reinterpret China's development discourse and preferences and implement them in their local contexts. We hypothesize that the China model of development has become a rhetorical commonplace used to legitimize policies percei…
Globalization and the rise of integrated world society
There is a widespread feeling that globalization represents a major system change that has or should have brought world society to the forefront of international relations theory. Nonetheless, world society remains an amorphous and undertheorized concept, and its potential role in shaping the structure of the international society of states has scarcely been raised. We build on Buzan's (2018, 2) master concept of ‘integrated’ world society (‘a la…
The world is more than a stage
This paper seeks to reconcile performative theorizing, which captures the place of systems of thought on foreign policy practice, and broader sociological approaches that link networks and institutions across space, especially as they relate to the global economy. Once developed, the theory, which is termed here ‘spatial performativity’, is applied to recent efforts to promote industrialization through the development of special economic zones in…
A digital cold war in Africa? Capitalist multiplicity, digital transformation, and shifting dependencies amid US–China tech rivalry
Is a ‘digital cold war’ turning Africa, yet again, into a geopolitical battleground for great powers? It is said that African countries now risk becoming incorporated into different ‘technological spheres of influence’ as US–China rivalry increasingly revolves around digital technology. It is believed that China has the upper hand in this struggle given its structural power in African Information and Communications Technology (ICT) networks. Yet …
The will to do good and the clash of practices
The world is more than a stage
This paper seeks to reconcile performative theorizing, which captures the place of systems of thought on foreign policy practice, and broader sociological approaches that link networks and institutions across space, especially as they relate to the global economy. Once developed, the theory, which is termed here ‘spatial performativity’, is applied to recent efforts to promote industrialization through the development of special economic zones in…
Globalization and the rise of integrated world society
There is a widespread feeling that globalization represents a major system change that has or should have brought world society to the forefront of international relations theory. Nonetheless, world society remains an amorphous and undertheorized concept, and its potential role in shaping the structure of the international society of states has scarcely been raised. We build on Buzan's (2018, 2) master concept of ‘integrated’ world society (‘a la…
Is There a State Crisis in Sweden
Is Sweden a failed state in the making or a paradise on earth? Neither. Sweden is a functioning democracy but it faces serious challenges. This article attempts to make sense of them. It considers issues of law and order and the emergence of parallel structures of power. It shows that Sweden, following an unprecedented wave of immigration, is experiencing an ongoing struggle to define the nation
China's Role in Global Development Finance
China's economic success has prompted both academic political economists and applied policy analysts to speculate about the implications of a new ‘China model’ of economic development and global economic governance. A particular issue is the degree to which the China model involves developing in opposition to or in cooperation with the pre‐existing norms of global economic governance. Recognizing the ambiguity of the China model, we consider two …
China as Exemplar
Despite vociferous disagreement by scholars and ambivalence by China over a “China Model” of development, China is still held up as an exemplar of development. Nowhere is this clearer than in the theory of New Structural Economics (NSE) promulgated by the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Justin Lin. We seek to critically engage Lin's theory apropos of China and China's geopolitical and economic interests in Africa. Lin argues that develo…
Introduction to the Special Issue
This introductory article examines the concept of strategic localization, which is central to the theme of this Special Issue of Politics & Policy . We focus on how African states, for regime survival and/or pragmatic reasons, reinterpret China's development discourse and preferences and implement them in their local contexts. We hypothesize that the China model of development has become a rhetorical commonplace used to legitimize policies percei…
The will to do good and the clash of practices
China–Ethiopia Relations and Industrial Development
Ethiopia aspired to become Africa’s “light manufacturing hub” and a “lower middle-income country” by 2025 (National Planning Commission 2016, 143, 169). Successive Ethiopian governments launched long-term plans and pursued industrial policies in line with a declared “developmental state” approach inspired by Japanese, South Korean, and Chinese models (Aberg and Becker 2020; Cheru and Oqubay 2019; Clapham 2018; Fourie 2015; Gebreeyesus 2013; Oquba…
A digital cold war in Africa? Capitalist multiplicity, digital transformation, and shifting dependencies amid US–China tech rivalry
Is a ‘digital cold war’ turning Africa, yet again, into a geopolitical battleground for great powers? It is said that African countries now risk becoming incorporated into different ‘technological spheres of influence’ as US–China rivalry increasingly revolves around digital technology. It is believed that China has the upper hand in this struggle given its structural power in African Information and Communications Technology (ICT) networks. Yet …
South Africa and the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Between December 2023 and January 2024, South Africa brought a case before International Court of Justice (ICJ), arguing that the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza since early October 2023 amounted to genocide. This marks a moment in global politics when an African state has used its agency to affect change in international affairs beyond its involvement in the non-aligned movement and beyond Global South bodies such as the BRICS. The case ope…
Political science (8 works) · China (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · International Development and Aid (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Development economics (3 works)