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COVID-19 and the state in Africa: The state is dead, long live the state.
- Source :
- Administrative Theory & Praxis (Taylor & Francis Ltd); Sep2021, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p355-365, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
-
Abstract
- In this article, I am concerned about how countries around the world have coped and are coping with the unprecedented COVID-19 turn of events, which has brought all life to a screeching halt. The state everywhere has been called upon to respond effectively to the associated morbidities and mortalities and plot for a post-COVID-19 era. My interest lies in how the weakening of the state in Africa in the last 30 years complicates the continent's capacity to confront the pandemic adequately. I focus primarily on the Ghanaian case as my analytic reference. I argue that in spite of the attempts in the public administration literature and neoliberalization policy formation to undermine the African state as a key vehicle for development, this pandemic brings it right back to the center of things. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10841806
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Administrative Theory & Praxis (Taylor & Francis Ltd)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152168304
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2020.1840902