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Von Schnitzler, Antina, 1975-

Democracy's infrastructure : techno-politics and protest after Apartheid / Antina von Schnitzler. - xii, 238 pages ; 22 cm - Princeton studies in culture and technology. . - Princeton studies in culture and technology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780691170787 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780691170770 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2015045836

Subjects--Topical Terms:
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.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Africa--Politics and government--1994-

LC Class. No.: JQ1981 / .S365 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 323.0420968 SCH / 019429