The care economy and the state in Africa’s Covid-19 responses
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Date
2021
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Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Abstract
The responses of many low- and middle-income households to
Covid-19 in Africa were mediated by the state through various
means including direct cash transfers, food distribution, and
distribution of rural agricultural produce to urban areas, in
response to the social reproduction crisis that the pandemic
precipitated. Taking the relationship between the state and
household as its focus, this article reflects on the social and
political questions emerging at the conjuncture of social
provisioning and economic collapse. Central to these concerns is
the structure of care economies in Africa and their relationship to
the capitalist state.
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Covid-19, Care economy, State, Land, Gendered labour
Citation
Lyn Ossome (2021) The care economy and the state in Africa’s Covid-19 responses, Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 42:1-2, 68-78, DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2020.1831448