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Democracy's infrastructure : techno-politics and protest after apartheid /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Von Schnitzler, Antina, 1975- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Political participation > Technological innovations > South Africa.
Technology > Political aspects > South Africa.
Citizenship > South Africa.
Communication in politics > Technological innovations > South Africa.
Mass media > Political aspects > South Africa.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1994-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.