Cities as nodes of conflict
The role of transnational corporations in urban supply chain conflicts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22020060 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alke Jen (0000-0002-5751-7946, University of Freiburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-100 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2192-1741 • E-ISSN: 2524-6976 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s42597-024-00116-3 |
| OpenAlex | W4394753126 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
Much conflict studies scholarship on cities has focused on post-war urban reconstruction. However, high rates of violence and perceptions of urban insecurity, particularly in Latin America, have diluted the clear distinction between armed conflict and peace. From a different perspective, logistics studies have pointed out the conflictive impacts of goods movement on urban communities where efficient supply chains are the ultimate priority. This contribution offers an explorative reading of the 2021 protests in Colombia ( ‘paro urbano’ ) as the manifestation of a conflict in supply chain urbanism, and foregrounds the role of TNCs (transnational corporations) in escalating the conflict. Particularly in the city of Cali, protesters blocked roads and access for businesses for weeks. While contesting the national government and highlighting the extreme urban inequality exacerbated by policies primarily catered to TNCs and direct investments, they employed the role of the city as an essential logistics node as leverage in the conflict
Armed conflict · Economics · Economy · Geography · Latin Americans · Political science · Sociology · Stadium · Urbanism · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Architecture
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Disrupting the Rhythms of Violence
Globalizing urban research, grounding global production networks
Cities at War
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Friends, Fellows, and Foes
Everyday peace
Supply Chains and the Human Condition
Are armed conflicts becoming more urban
Revisiting the local turn in peacebuilding – through the emerging urban approach
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Seizing the Means of Circulation
Circulating Power
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The mobile and carceral logics of Haifa Port
The Geography of Repression in Africa
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Decolonising war
The spatiality of violence in post-war cities
Extrastatecraft
Violence and space
Mobilising security and logistics through an African port
Introduction
Peri-urban promises of connectivity
States of circulation
Social Uprising, Racism, and Resistance in Cali's National Strike
Urban Citizenship and Right to the City
Supply-Chain Urbanism
Towards an agrarian question of circulation
African cities and violent conflict
Chokepoints
The Production of Urban Space by Violence and its Aftermath in Jakarta and Kota Ambon, Indonesia
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |