基礎設施如何成為國家「邊界」：台灣關鍵基礎設施的技術政治與轉化

關鍵基礎設施（critical infrastructure）在多數國家定義之中，是不可或缺的公共基盤、建築物與系統的集合體，它們的存在為國家經濟、社會福祉、公共安全，甚至政府的關鍵機能提供必要性的支持。本研究聚焦關注台灣關鍵基礎設施歷史形構，並且藉由技術政治（techno-politics）取逕來說明其發展與轉型。台灣關鍵基礎設施必須放置在台灣獨特的歷史、政治經濟脈絡下來進行分析，本研究指出，台灣關鍵基礎設施形構，可以被視為台灣國家邊界劃定的過程。首先，本研究先行探討美國、歐盟、日本在全球脈絡下的關鍵基礎設施政策形成與內涵；其次，描述台灣關鍵基礎設施在不同歷史時期的政策價值與思維的轉化；第三，進一步指出台灣關鍵基礎設與國家（族）建構工程呈現出共同結構（co-construct）關係；而在台灣無論是關鍵基礎設施，或是國家建構工程，都仍然存在於一個動態、不確定的「未完成」（unfinished）的狀態之中。

關鍵字

關鍵基礎設施；技術政治；國家邊界；國家建構；國家認同

並列摘要

In most countries' definitions, the critical infrastructure (CI) is a collection of indispensable utilities and buildings or system that provide an essential support for economic and social well-being, for public security and for the functioning of key government responsibilities. This paper focuses on the historical formation of Taiwan's critical infrastructure and proposes an approach of techno-politics to illustrate its development transformation. Taiwan's critical infrastructure must be analyzed in its unique historical and political-economic context, as the paper argues, the formation of Taiwan's critical infrastructure can be seen a "process of national boundary delineation" in Taiwan. This paper first explores the policy formation of critical infrastructure in global context, such as United State, EU and Japan. Secondly, it depicts the policy value and thinking shift of Taiwan's critical infrastructure during the different historical periods. Thirdly, I show the core argument of this paper is that Taiwan's critical infrastructure simultaneously shape and is shaped by (in other words, co-construct) the engineering of "nation building". However, both of the above in Taiwan still exist in in a dynamic and uncertain situation characterized as "unfinished".