國立虎尾科技大學 |

COVID-19 in Africa = governance and containment /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	COVID-19 in Africa/ edited by Susan Arndt ... [et al.].
Reminder of title:	governance and containment /
other author:	Arndt, Susan.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2023.,
Description:	xxiii, 266 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Africa. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36139-5
ISBN:	9783031361395

COVID-19 in Africa = governance and containment /
COVID-19 in Africagovernance and containment /[electronic resource] :edited by Susan Arndt ... [et al.]. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2023. - xxiii, 266 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - African histories and modernities,2634-5781. - African histories and modernities..

1: Introduction -- Part 1 : Governance and Containment Measures -- 2: Coronavirus disease: screening and care pathway in the Nongre Massom health district of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -- 3: Covid-19 and the politics of (im)mobility in Uganda -- 4: Beyond Paradoxes: The South African Military Involvement in The Fight Against Covid-19 -- 5: Urban Governance and COVID-19 response in Nigeria: Who is left behind?- 6: "Subsistence Fishermen Don't Exist": The subtleties of categories and accessing water during a Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa -- 7: Yorùbá Language and Infodemic Management: The COVID-19 Experience -- Part 2: Regional Perspectives -- 8: COVID-19 Containment in East Africa: Science-based Strategies or Traditional-based strategies?- 9: East African Community Partner States' Response to Truckers as High-Risk Group in the Context of Covid-19 -- 10: The Making of Marginal Multilateralism during Covid-19 Response among EAC States: Perspectives from Discursive Institutionalism -- 11: The COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: Local Responses and Regional Strategies in West Africa -- 12: Conclusion.

Written amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this edited volume draws on the expertise of social scientists and humanities scholars to understand the several ramifications of Covid-19 in societies, politics, and the economies of Africa. The contributors examine measures, communicative practices, and experiences that have guided the (inter)action of governments, societies and citizens in this unpredictable moment. Covid-19 tested governments' disaster preparedness as well as exposed governments' attitudes towards the poor and vulnerable. In the same vein, it also tested the agency of the generality of the African populace in the face of containment measures and how these impacted on everyday social, cultural and economic practices of the ordinary peoples. In this vein, our concern is to understand the relationship between growing vulnerability on the one hand and ingenuity of agency on the other, and how both were embodied, narrated and discoursed by the African poor, university students, religious entities, and middle-classes, and those that bore the major brunt of the lockdowns. Lastly, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted regional trade and other bilateral relations in Africa, creating possibilities for regional entities such as ECOWAS and EAC to demonstrate their creativity (or a lack of it) in dealing with the pandemic. The contributors thus examine the regional dimension of the crisis and particularly evaluate how covid-19 tested the resilience of multilateralism, regional trade networks, cross border informal economies, and human movements. The volume is thus a useful resource for scholars of Africa, policy makers and those who want to understand Covid-19 in Africa. It provides a multiplicity of perspectives of the pandemic and African responses at different levels of society, economy and the political spectrum. The continental focus of this volume gives room for broader comparative analyses. Lastly, this interdisciplinary work benefits from the input of medical historians, anthropologists, sociologists, linguists, political scientists, literature scholars, urban planners, geographers and others.

ISBN: 9783031361395

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-36139-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1429281
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
--Africa.

LC Class. No.: RA644.C67

Dewey Class. No.: 362.19624144

COVID-19 in Africa = governance and containment /
LDR:04285nam a2200337 a 4500 001 1116173
003 DE-He213
005 20230830191905.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 240123s2023 sz s 0 eng d
020 $a 9783031361395 $q (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9783031361388 $q (paper)
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-031-36139-5 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-031-36139-5
040 $a GP $c GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a RA644.C67
072 7 $a HBJH $2 bicssc
072 7 $a HIS001000 $2 bisacsh
072 7 $a NHH $2 thema
082 0 4 $a 362.19624144 $2 23
090 $a RA644.C67 $b C873 2023
245 0 0 $a COVID-19 in Africa $h [electronic resource] : $b governance and containment / $c edited by Susan Arndt ... [et al.].
260 $a Cham : $c 2023. $b Springer Nature Switzerland : $b Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
300 $a xxiii, 266 p. : $b ill., digital ; $c 24 cm.
490 1 $a African histories and modernities, $x 2634-5781
505 0 $a 1: Introduction -- Part 1 : Governance and Containment Measures -- 2: Coronavirus disease: screening and care pathway in the Nongre Massom health district of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -- 3: Covid-19 and the politics of (im)mobility in Uganda -- 4: Beyond Paradoxes: The South African Military Involvement in The Fight Against Covid-19 -- 5: Urban Governance and COVID-19 response in Nigeria: Who is left behind?- 6: "Subsistence Fishermen Don't Exist": The subtleties of categories and accessing water during a Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa -- 7: Yorùbá Language and Infodemic Management: The COVID-19 Experience -- Part 2: Regional Perspectives -- 8: COVID-19 Containment in East Africa: Science-based Strategies or Traditional-based strategies?- 9: East African Community Partner States' Response to Truckers as High-Risk Group in the Context of Covid-19 -- 10: The Making of Marginal Multilateralism during Covid-19 Response among EAC States: Perspectives from Discursive Institutionalism -- 11: The COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: Local Responses and Regional Strategies in West Africa -- 12: Conclusion.
520 $a Written amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this edited volume draws on the expertise of social scientists and humanities scholars to understand the several ramifications of Covid-19 in societies, politics, and the economies of Africa. The contributors examine measures, communicative practices, and experiences that have guided the (inter)action of governments, societies and citizens in this unpredictable moment. Covid-19 tested governments' disaster preparedness as well as exposed governments' attitudes towards the poor and vulnerable. In the same vein, it also tested the agency of the generality of the African populace in the face of containment measures and how these impacted on everyday social, cultural and economic practices of the ordinary peoples. In this vein, our concern is to understand the relationship between growing vulnerability on the one hand and ingenuity of agency on the other, and how both were embodied, narrated and discoursed by the African poor, university students, religious entities, and middle-classes, and those that bore the major brunt of the lockdowns. Lastly, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted regional trade and other bilateral relations in Africa, creating possibilities for regional entities such as ECOWAS and EAC to demonstrate their creativity (or a lack of it) in dealing with the pandemic. The contributors thus examine the regional dimension of the crisis and particularly evaluate how covid-19 tested the resilience of multilateralism, regional trade networks, cross border informal economies, and human movements. The volume is thus a useful resource for scholars of Africa, policy makers and those who want to understand Covid-19 in Africa. It provides a multiplicity of perspectives of the pandemic and African responses at different levels of society, economy and the political spectrum. The continental focus of this volume gives room for broader comparative analyses. Lastly, this interdisciplinary work benefits from the input of medical historians, anthropologists, sociologists, linguists, political scientists, literature scholars, urban planners, geographers and others.
650 0 $a COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- $z Africa. $3 1429281
650 0 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $x Government policy $z Africa. $3 1429282
650 1 4 $a African History. $3 1105208
650 2 4 $a African Politics. $3 1108921
650 2 4 $a African Culture. $3 1108645
700 1 $a Arndt, Susan. $3 1429280
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 593884
773 0 $t Springer Nature eBook
830 0 $a African histories and modernities. $3 1105445
856 4 0 $u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36139-5
950 $a History (SpringerNature-41172)