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Clustering as Anti-politics Machine? Situating the Politics of Regional Economic Development and Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor

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Lepawsky J. Clustering as anti-politics machine? Situating the politics of regional economic development and Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor, Regional Studies. This paper addresses the formation of an 'intentional cluster' in Malaysia called the Multimedia Super Corridor. In this context, 'clustering' is a spatial fix and a development discourse that is as much about political expediency as it is about economic development. This paper suggests the utility of theorizing clusters as 'anti-politics machines' in terms of their instrumental utility for depoliticizing the reproduction and expansion of state bureaucracy and capital accumulation. [image omitted] Lepawsky J. Le regroupement comme une machine contre-politique? Le positionnement de la politique d'amenagement du territoire et de l'Autoroute Multimedia en Malaysie, Regional Studies. Cet article cherche a aborder l'etablissement d'un 'regroupement voulu' en Malaysie appelle l'Autoroute Multimedia. Dans ce contexte, la notion de 'regroupement' constitue une fixation geographique et un discours de developpement qui concerne autant l'opportunisme politique que le developpement economique. Cet article propose l'utilite de theoriser les regroupements comme 'machines contre-politique' vu leur utilite de depolitiser la reproduction et l'elargissement de la bureaucratie d'Etat et l'accumulation de capital. Regroupement Politique culturelle Malaysie Lepawsky J. Clusterbildung als antipolitische Maschine? Untersuchung der Politik zur regionalen Wirtschaftsentwicklung und des Multimedia Super Corridor von Malaysia, Regional Studies. In diesem Beitrag wird die Bildung eines 'beabsichtigten Clusters' namens Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia untersucht. In diesem Zusammenhang stellt die Clusterbildung eine raumliche Korrekturmassnahme und einen Entwicklungsdiskurs dar, bei dem es nicht nur um Wirtschaftsentwicklung geht, sondern auch um politischen Eigennutz. Im Artikel wird der Nutzen einer Theoretisierung von Clustern als 'antipolitischen Maschinen' nahegelegt, was ihre zentrale Rolle bei der Entpolitisierung der Reproduktion und Ausdehnung der staatlichen Burokratie und Kapitalanhaufung anbelangt. Clusterbildung Kulturpolitik Malaysia Lepawsky J. ¿Aglomeracion como maquina antipolitica? Situacion de la politica del desarrollo economico regional y el Super Corredor Multimedia de Malasia, Regional Studies. En este articulo analizo la formacion de una 'aglomeracion deliberada' en Malasia denominada el Super Corredor Multimedia. En este contexto, la 'aglomeracion' es un remedio espacial y un discurso de desarrollo que trata sobre la conveniencia politica pero tambien sobre el desarrollo economico. En este articulo sugiero la utilidad de la teorizacion de las aglomeraciones como 'maquinas antipoliticas' en cuanto a su utilidad instrumental para despolitizar la reproduccion y expansion de la burocracia estatal y la acumulacion de capital. Aglomeracion Politica cultural Malasia

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  • Josh Lepawsky, 2009. "Clustering as Anti-politics Machine? Situating the Politics of Regional Economic Development and Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(3), pages 463-478.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:43:y:2009:i:3:p:463-478
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400802331338
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    1. Rasiah, Rajah, 2002. "Systemic Coordination and Human Capital Development: Knowledge Flows in Malaysia's MNC-Driven Electronics Clusters," UNU-INTECH Discussion Paper Series 2002-07, United Nations University - INTECH.
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