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Record Nr.

UNINA9910758481903321

Autore

Neumark Tom

Titolo

Caring cash : free money and the ethics of solidarity in Kenya / / Tom Neumark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Las Vegas, Nevada : , : Pluto Press, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

1-78680-783-1

1-78680-784-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages)

Collana

Anthropology, Culture and Society

Disciplina

338.5

Soggetti

Microeconomics

Economic development

Public welfare

Kenya

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction: Grants and the Care for Relationships -- Part I -- 1 The Ghetto: A Place of Refuge and Charity -- 2 Scoring the Poor -- Part II -- 3 Under the Aegis of Mistrust -- 4 Detaching from Others, Surviving with Others -- 5 A Mother's Care -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An anthropological study of the impact of cash grants on the economic dynamics and relationships among Kenya's urban poor.