Introduction
Integrated Mega-Casinos and Speculative Urbanism in Southeast Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2848663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan Zhang (0000-0003-3613-6332, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 651-674 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | Pacific Affairs (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5509/2017904651 |
| OpenAlex | W2780634968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, luxurious megacasino resorts have become spectacles of economic growth across diverse destinations in Asia. With its emphasis on large-scale integrated resorts (IR), the casino and leisure industry is a site of economic rejuvenation even as it offers spaces of moral corruption. Integrated mega-casinos are ambiguous projects of development, driving the speculative processes of place-making for accumulation, social control, and global competition. This editorial introduction focuses on three main themes. First, mega-IR projects show the historical and complicated relations between state power and the gambling economy. Second, Southeast Asia’s new mega-casinos are emblematic of speculative urbanism and its experiments. Third, casino-asdevelopment consolidates the differentiated treatment of citizen subjects and gives legitimacy to the biopolitical governance of citizen practices, claims, and urban participation
Ancient history · Business · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Mega · Megacity · Southeast asia · History · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |