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Covid-19 and the Return of the State in Africa.
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Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies . Jun2021, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p190-205. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COVID-19
*COVID-19 pandemic
*PRIVATE sector
*CIVIL society
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02589346
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150512681
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2021.1913805