The Political Life of an Epidemic Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
: B - 22B - Development Studies
- Unit of assessment
- 22 - Anthropology and Development Studies : B - 22B - Development Studies
- Output identifier
- 11494
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781108489102
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book is an in-depth study of an epidemic spanning its historical origins, the social pattern of its unfolding, institutional and communal responses to it, and its aftermath. The book cuts across conventional disciplinary boundaries, drawing from and contributing to debates in politics, anthropology and history. Research and writing were conducted over four years and entailed interviews with 125 people, extensive use of documentary sources and visits to salient field sites in a politically sensitive environment. The book offers new arguments about the African state and the reach and limits of humanitarianism, while formulating an original social theory of epidemics.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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