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

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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Auteur principal: Von Schnitzler, Antina, 1975- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.