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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Language -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: All That Endures from Past to Present Temporality, Sectarianism, and a "Return" to Wartime in Lebanon -- Chapter 2: Permanently Temporary Constructing "Armenianness" through Informal Property Regimes -- Chapter 3: Building the Networks NGOs, Gender, and "Community" -- Chapter 4: From Shirkets to Bankas Credit, Lending, and the Narrowing of Networks -- Chapter 5: The Eyes of Odars City-to- City Collaborations and Transnational Reach -- Conclusion Far More Dangerous Times -- Notes -- References -- Index

Abstract
This essay describes an emerging "post-grid imaginary" that is informing visions of future collapse, growing scarcity, and deepening infrastructural fragmentation. By examining electrical grid failures in Lebanon and California, we can move beyond developmentalist assumptions about the supposedly different trajectories of the so-called Global North and South. The post-grid imaginary is at the center of a present and future struggle that is continuous with a global process that looks a lot like structural adjustment in the "Global South" and rampant privatization and austerity in the "Global North." As states turn away from promises of endless expansion and universal access, the post-grid imaginary is one way in which states, private utilities, and individuals respond to the urgent need to transform the existing energy system. While a post-grid imaginary is not inevitable, it is an increasingly visible approach that can lead to geographical disconnection, uneven access, and infrastructural abandonment.

Chapter 01-Assembling Calculative InfrastructuresIntroduction1; Economizing Failure; Creating New Entities; Calculating Failure; Making Failure Operational; Rethinking Failure; Conclusion; References; Chapter 02-A Calculative Infrastructure in the Making: The Emergence of a Multi-Layered Complex for Governing Healthcare; Introduction; Governing by Quantification, Calculation and Infrastructures; When is an Infrastructure? Moments of Convergence and Processes of Layering; Making a Calculative Infrastructure for Governing Quality

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