Caste and covid-19 - notes on sanitation in a pandemic
By: Swaroop, Kanthi and Lee, Joel
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BookPublisher: Economic & Political Weekly Description: 56(13), Mar 27, 2021: p.35-40.Subject(s): CoVID-19 pandemic, Castes
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Economic & Political WeeklySummary: The article looks at on-ground shifts in patterns of how the state and general public are treating sanitation workers, during the CoVID-19 pandemic. Based on interviews with sanitation workers in Hyderabad and Lucknow, three trajectories are identified in municipal and societal reactions to COVID-19. A variability is seen in how state and society respond in the face of renewed caste-based stigma underscored by inaction on the part of the state to concretely recognise sanitation workers’ rights. – Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | 56(13), Mar 27, 2021: p.35-40 | Available | AR125517 |
The article looks at on-ground shifts in patterns of how the state and general public are treating sanitation workers, during the CoVID-19 pandemic. Based on interviews with sanitation workers in Hyderabad and Lucknow, three trajectories are identified in municipal and societal reactions to COVID-19. A variability is seen in how state and society respond in the face of renewed caste-based stigma underscored by inaction on the part of the state to concretely recognise sanitation workers’ rights. – Reproduced
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