Leslie Bank, Author at African Arguments

Author: Leslie Bank

Leslie Bank

Leslie Bank is a research director in the Inclusive Economic Development Unit at the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa and professor of social anthropology at Walter Sisulu University. He is the co-author of a new volume on South African migration dynamics entitled Migrant Labour After Apartheid: The Inside Story (HSRC Press, 2020), https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/migrant-labour-after-apartheid.

Anthropology Books and Controversies Covid-19 COVID-19 Debating Ideas Economies and Societies Politics and Political Economy South Africa Texts and Contexts

By Leslie Bank
June 15, 2020
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People’s Science and Translocality in South Africa

Can failure to take account of social embeddedness of economics account for the mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Books and Controversies Covid-19 COVID-19 Debating Ideas Economies and Societies South Africa Texts and Contexts

By Leslie Bank
May 25, 2020
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Gifting and the Capable State in Times of Crisis

State gifting and the politics of bailouts in the time of Covid

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Books and Controversies Covid-19 COVID-19 Debating Ideas Public Health Reviews Texts and Contexts

By Leslie Bank
May 18, 2020
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Will Covid-19 South Africa be Another Case of ‘Death Without Weeping’?

How do Covid-19 socialised responses to death and disease compare with previous pandemics?

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