Reluctant solidarity

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AUTOR(ES) Erik Bähre
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
ANO 2007
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Ethnography
ISSN 1466-1381
E-ISSN 1741-2714
EDITORA SAGE Publications
DOI 10.1177/1466138107076136
CITAÇÕES 18
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 9b7d578ea75fa431c3a061a423e9a4fb

Resumo

The World Bank, the United Nations, some NGOs, as well as some of the research on development, portray solidarity as a warm, supportive, and uncomplicated practice. Too easily they emphasize how creative, supportive, and full of agency the poor are, particularly women. This article will dispute such a romantic notion of solidarity and social relations in general. Based on extensive research in a township of Cape Town, South Africa, it becomes clear why ambivalence is crucial to an appropriate analysis of solidarity. When a disrespected and disrespectful woman dies of AIDS, immediately conflicts emerge among neighbours and relatives about organizing mutual support. This study reveals how fierce disputes over inclusion, respect, and mutual support are the materials of solidarity.

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