{"product_id":"democracys-infrastructure-9780691170770","title":"Democracys Infrastructure","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Von Schnitzler provides a well-documented scholarly analysis of threats to democracy in South Africa. Specifically, she analyzes the gap between South Africa's success in conducting open elections and maintaining a relatively open political system and the continued reliance upon illiberal techno-political infrastructure from the previous regime in the form of prepaid meters for such public services as electricity and water.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Chapter 1 Introduction 1  Democracy's Infrastructure, Apartheid's Debris  Chapter 2 The \"Discipline of Freedom\" 31  Neoliberalism, Translation, and Techno-Politics after the 1976 Soweto Uprising  Chapter 3 After the Rent Boycotts 65 Infrastructure and the Politics of Payment  Chapter 4 The Making of a Techno-Political Device 105  Chapter 5 Measuring Life 132  Living Prepaid and the Politics of Numbers after Apartheid  Chapter 6 Performing Dignity 168  Human Rights and the Legal Politics of Water  Conclusion 196  Infrastructure, Democracy, and the Postapartheid Political Terrain  References 203  Index 233","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403827978583,"sku":"9780691170770","price":66.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691170770.jpg?v=1730484662","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracys-infrastructure-9780691170770","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}