{"product_id":"9781350505582","title":"Sanitary Water Regime On the Workings and Ruptures of Water and Sanitation Infrastructures","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSanitary Water Regime\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOn the Workings and Ruptures of Water and Sanitation Infrastructures\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJennie Olofsson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Environmental \/ Waste Management\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennie Olofsson introduces the concept of \u003ci\u003ethe sanitary water regime\u003c\/i\u003e, an umbrella concept for the social and political institutions that help \u003ci\u003edetermine \u003c\/i\u003etechnical and hygienic standards of water and waste water production, circulation, and transformation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on interviews with actors engaged in water and waste-water management in Sweden and Slovenia, Olofsson shows how her concept also helps to describe the relations \u003ci\u003ebetween\u003c\/i\u003e such actors, the policies and regulations surrounding their activities, and the unremitting movement of different water bodies. She finds that extensive, active effort not only creates, but also \u003ci\u003esustains\u003c\/i\u003e the regime: that is, the daily social and political management of sanitary infrastructures serves to help portray them as natural and eternal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this comprehensive account, Olofsson explains how our aging drinking and waste-water systems relate to our sense of our civilization and elucidates different aspects of the regime-including the material compositions of relevant infrastructure, standards and regulations, and macrostructures such as capital logics-before finally showing how Norbert Elias's famous definition of civilization-as-interdependency can be reconceptualized in terms of civilization-as-infrastructures, with water infrastructures providing an ideal exemplar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJennie Olofsson\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer at Mid Sweden University, Sweden. Between 2018 and 2020, she also worked at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research concerns waste and waste management. Jennie's dual affiliation with gender studies and discard studies is complemented with longstanding experiences of ethnographic fieldworks.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350505582\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51945096183948,"sku":"9781350505582","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350505582","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}