tailieunhanh - Electric Capitalism

Although Africa is the most under-supplied region of the world for electricity, its economies are utterly dependent on it. There are enormous inequalities in electricity access, with industry receiving abundant supplies of cheap power while more than 80 per cent of the continent's | ELECTRIC CAPITALISM RECOLONISING AFRICA ON THE POWER GRID EDITED BY DAVID A McDonald Free download from London Sterling VA HSRC PRESS Cape Town Free download from First published in Southern Africa in 2009 by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa Published in the rest of the world in 2009 by Earthscan Dunstan House 14a St Cross Street London EC1N 8XA UK 22883 Quicksilver Drive Sterling VA 20166-2012 USA Earthscan publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for. Distributed in Southern Africa by Blue Weaver Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 Distributed in the rest of the world by Earthscan Dunstan House 14a St Cross Street London EC1N 8XA UK 22883 Quicksilver Drive Sterling VA 20166-2012 USA Tel 44 0 20 7841 1930 Fax 44 0 20 7242 1474 Email earthinfo@ 2009 Human Sciences Research Council The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Human Sciences Research Council the Council or indicate that the Council endorses the views of the authors. In quoting from this publication readers are advised to attribute the source of the information to the individual author concerned and not to the Council. Copyedited by Karen Press Typeset by Christabel Hardacre Cover by FUEL Design Printed on uncoated woodfree paper by Logo Print Cape Town Southern Africa ISBN soft cover 978-0-7969-2237-3 Rest of the world ISBN hard cover 978-1-84407-714-4 Pdf ISBN 978-0-7969-2246-5 Contents Free download from List of tables and figures v Acronyms and abbreviations viii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction The importance of being electric xv David A .