Democracy's Infrastructure : Techno-Politics and Protest after Apartheid /

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In the past decade, South Africa's "miracle transition" has been interrupted by waves of protests in relation to basic services such as water and electricity. Less visibly, the post-apartheid period has witnessed widespread illicit acts involving infrastructure, including the nonpayme...

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Main Author: Von Schnitzler, Antina, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technology > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Citizenship.
Communication in politics > Technological innovations.
Political participation > Technological innovations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Communication politique > Innovations > Afrique du Sud.
Technologie > Aspect politique > Afrique du Sud.
Participation politique > Innovations > Afrique du Sud.
Mass media > Political aspects > South Africa.
Communication in politics > Technological innovations > South Africa.
Citizenship > South Africa.
Technology > Political aspects > South Africa.
Political participation > Technological innovations > South Africa.
South Africa.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1994-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The "discipline of freedom"
  • After the rent boycotts
  • Infrastructure and the politics of payment
  • The making of a techno-political device
  • Measuring life
  • Living prepaid and the politics of numbers after apartheid
  • Performing dignity
  • Human rights and the legal politics of water
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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