Annalena Oppel
Biographic Data
| ID | 153571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annalena Oppel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annalena |
| FAMILY NAME | Oppel |
| SIGNATURE | OPPEL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7603-0551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Meritocratic masks and the colonial echo of racial distinction
Centring Race: Unpacking Informality Through the Lens of Black Tax
Taking a historical and contextual approach to racialization, this study seeks to unpack informality in the development of welfare regimes. By centring race as a conceptual lens, it elicits knowledge hierarchies that exist within the formulation of social policies; particularly concerning the classification of informal/formal practices. It thereby draws on Black Tax as a lived example of family and kinship support in Southern Africa, in the devel…
Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41287-023-00576-y
Black Tax and coloniality - re-interpretation, emancipation, and alienation
This study explores the complex experiences of Black Tax in contemporary South Africa. It specifically seeks to understand whether Black Tax as a form of cultural re-interpretation of Ubuntu philosophy can be seen as a form of cultural emancipation or alienation. Black Tax is a colloquial term that describes experiences of family support in Southern Africa and thus in a highly unequal and formerly colonized context. By combining a theoretical len…
Patterns and lived realities: Exploring informal social protection across race and education
Informal social protection (ISP) has been recognised as a source of livelihood support for the poor and a critical element of the welfare mix in the global South. While the potential of ISP in contributing to economic welfare is well‐documented, less is known about its role in responding to and maintaining horizontal inequalities. Group‐based inequality is a key concern of transformative social protection, particularly discriminatory practices an…
Sending the elevator back down: A mutual constitution between vertical and horizontal inequality
Normalizing necessity? Support networks and racial inequality in Namibia
Community or interpersonal support is a critical source to sustain livelihoods in the Global South. At the same time, these practices can exhibit unequal dynamics such as disincentives, hierarchies, or adverse inclusion of individuals. However, an understanding of such is primarily tied to the conceptual space of poverty or small communities. Less is known about how social support systems might respond to structural inequalities within a society.…
Black Tax and coloniality - re-interpretation, emancipation, and alienation
This study explores the complex experiences of Black Tax in contemporary South Africa. It specifically seeks to understand whether Black Tax as a form of cultural re-interpretation of Ubuntu philosophy can be seen as a form of cultural emancipation or alienation. Black Tax is a colloquial term that describes experiences of family support in Southern Africa and thus in a highly unequal and formerly colonized context. By combining a theoretical len…
Normalizing necessity? Support networks and racial inequality in Namibia
Community or interpersonal support is a critical source to sustain livelihoods in the Global South. At the same time, these practices can exhibit unequal dynamics such as disincentives, hierarchies, or adverse inclusion of individuals. However, an understanding of such is primarily tied to the conceptual space of poverty or small communities. Less is known about how social support systems might respond to structural inequalities within a society.…
Centring Race: Unpacking Informality Through the Lens of Black Tax
Taking a historical and contextual approach to racialization, this study seeks to unpack informality in the development of welfare regimes. By centring race as a conceptual lens, it elicits knowledge hierarchies that exist within the formulation of social policies; particularly concerning the classification of informal/formal practices. It thereby draws on Black Tax as a lived example of family and kinship support in Southern Africa, in the devel…
Meritocratic masks and the colonial echo of racial distinction
Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41287-023-00576-y
Sending the elevator back down: A mutual constitution between vertical and horizontal inequality
Normalizing necessity? Support networks and racial inequality in Namibia
Community or interpersonal support is a critical source to sustain livelihoods in the Global South. At the same time, these practices can exhibit unequal dynamics such as disincentives, hierarchies, or adverse inclusion of individuals. However, an understanding of such is primarily tied to the conceptual space of poverty or small communities. Less is known about how social support systems might respond to structural inequalities within a society.…
Patterns and lived realities: Exploring informal social protection across race and education
Informal social protection (ISP) has been recognised as a source of livelihood support for the poor and a critical element of the welfare mix in the global South. While the potential of ISP in contributing to economic welfare is well‐documented, less is known about its role in responding to and maintaining horizontal inequalities. Group‐based inequality is a key concern of transformative social protection, particularly discriminatory practices an…
Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41287-023-00576-y
Black Tax and coloniality - re-interpretation, emancipation, and alienation
This study explores the complex experiences of Black Tax in contemporary South Africa. It specifically seeks to understand whether Black Tax as a form of cultural re-interpretation of Ubuntu philosophy can be seen as a form of cultural emancipation or alienation. Black Tax is a colloquial term that describes experiences of family support in Southern Africa and thus in a highly unequal and formerly colonized context. By combining a theoretical len…
Centring Race: Unpacking Informality Through the Lens of Black Tax
Taking a historical and contextual approach to racialization, this study seeks to unpack informality in the development of welfare regimes. By centring race as a conceptual lens, it elicits knowledge hierarchies that exist within the formulation of social policies; particularly concerning the classification of informal/formal practices. It thereby draws on Black Tax as a lived example of family and kinship support in Southern Africa, in the devel…
Meritocratic masks and the colonial echo of racial distinction
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Inequality (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social Capital and Networks (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works)