Infrastructural power: discretion and the dynamics of infrastructure in action

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Table 1. Features of social structural and infrastructural power.

Social structural	Infrastructural
Drawn from broader political, economic, cultural, or organizational position	Emerges from discretion to engage in relations and practices that enable or disrupt routines
Externally imposed	Internally generated
Structural	Relational
Part of a general social environment	Specific to a particular infrastructure
Focused on construction	Grounded in ongoing use