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Eskom - Electricity And Technopolitics In South Africa (Paperback) Loot Price: R276
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Eskom - Electricity And Technopolitics In South Africa (Paperback)

Sylvy Jaglin, Alain Dubresson

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Africa's leading producer of electricity, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, is also a vertically integrated monopoly, owned by the South African state. This national champion was shaken in 2008, when it was obliged to introduce 'load shedding', or rolling blackouts, and again in late 2014. Trying to understand how and why one of the iconic pillars of South African state capitalism is now in distress, the authors of this book argue that the so-called electricity crisis is in fact a public monopoly crisis.

Moving beyond technical aspects, they explore the relationship between state power and Eskom before, during and after apartheid. From this perspective, they suggest that the current technical and financial troubles of this public utility are illustrative of the weakening of its technopolitical regime, of how national institutions have governed Eskom's technological development, and of the pursuit of political goals in the production of electrical power. Without a clear industrial strategy during the 2000s, Eskom became a powerful tool of Broad-Black Economic Empowerment as well as a neopatrimonial system which generates profits captured by the ruling party. As a result, crisis in Eskom shakes the whole political edifice. Inefficient and its finances increasingly under scrutiny, this state-owned enterprise's existence as a monopolistic public utility is regularly a subject of debate.

The authors discuss the ambivalent role of Eskom in the national energy transition policy and whether solutions point in the direction of de-integrating this public monopoly and allowing its current technopolitical regime to enter a planned or natural decline.

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Imprint: University of Cape Town Press
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: August 2016
Authors: Sylvy Jaglin • Alain Dubresson
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 978-1-77582-215-8
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > General
Books > History > African history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
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LSN: 1-77582-215-X
Barcode: 9781775822158

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