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March 12, 2026Open Access

Infrastructural Politics: How Power Emerges From the Systems Beneath Democracy

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SRSignal Rupture

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Overview

This essay uncovers how infrastructural conditions shape political outcomes in democracy, suggesting a new framework for governance.

Key Points

  • The essay aims to define Infrastructural Politics and explore how underlying systems influence democratic processes.
  • Introduces Infrastructural Politics as a new field.
  • Analyzes the role of platforms, data architectures, and AI in political contexts.
  • Maps core principles that govern political outcomes through infrastructural design.
  • Demonstrates that political failures are often rooted in infrastructural issues.
  • Establishes a link between infrastructural conditions and democratic resilience.
  • Shows how visibility and access affect what populations can decide.

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Signal Rupture (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b2583896eeacc4fcec7a62https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18926202
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