Covid-19 and the Return of the State in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6214218 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Siphamandla Zondi (0000-0001-9980-7645, University of Johannesburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 190-205 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politikon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9346 • E-ISSN: 1470-1014 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589346.2021.1913805 |
| OpenAlex | W3154812431 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
As African countries battled the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, one of the questions that were raised was whether the state was taking a central stage in the affairs of society, especially solutions to major problems. The question was triggered by the fact that there has been a decline in the capacity, role and prestige of the state in Africa for decades. Yet it seems that the responses to Covid-19, following the WHO guidelines, have placed the state at the centre, without dislocating other stakeholders like the private sector and the civil society. This paper uses the evidence from a select number of African countries of different sizes in various regions of the continent to provide an empirical perspective on the role of the state in Covid-19 responses in 2020 to answer the question of whether Covid-19 has occasioned a return of the state, thus reversing the neoliberal designs in favour of a lean and mean state in Africa
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Civil society · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical evidence · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Sociology · State (computer science · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Law · Medicine · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |