Nothing but Time
Middle Figures, Student Pregnancy Policy, and the Malawian State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2098415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Silver (0000-0002-7789-0713, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 110-133 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/asr.2019.2 |
| OpenAlex | W2938931488 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article explores state/NGO/funder relations in Africa through an ethnographic case study of Malawi's Readmission Policy. The Policy, which banned the permanent expulsion of pregnant girls from school in 1993, underwent a formal, government-led review in 2016. By focusing attention on the daily work of "middle figures"-the mid-level civil servants, NGO representatives, and consultants who participated in the policy reform process-this article shows how state disempowerment in Malawi was not wholesale, even as aid funding for development policymaking bypassed government. Rather, government actors deployed key strategies, including time (mis)management, to reclaim moral authority over Malawian schools
Civil servants · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Government (linguistics · Nothing · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Work (physics · International Development and Aid · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |