Médard Claire. (2022). The "Disease of the Rich" : containment measures and cashing in on Covid-19 in Kenya from march 2020 to march 2021. Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est, 57, en ligne [8 p.]. ISSN 2071-7245.
Titre du document
The "Disease of the Rich" : containment measures and cashing in on Covid-19 in Kenya from march 2020 to march 2021
Année de publication
2022
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Médard Claire
Source
Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est, 2022,
57, en ligne [8 p.] ISSN 2071-7245
This article analyses the political construction in Kenya of the confusion between health prevention and law enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenya's security approach to the management of the COVID-19 situation went along with extortion mechanisms - the numerous exceptions to containment indeed made it possible to extract rent.
The fear of the virus initially legitimised coercive measures which have now declined; but deviant practice linked to territorial control are now challenging the moral order.
Plan de classement
Epidémiologie générale [050EPID]
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Théories en sociologie ou en anthropologie, études générales en s [106TEOCHA]
;
Droit, législation [114DROIT1]
