Humanity over economy: biopolitical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

James McKeown

No wp-2022-146, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study posits that pandemics should be regarded as complex, open-ended phenomena that cannot be reduced to biology and epidemiology. The research assesses Ghana's effectiveness in governing the COVID-19 pandemic contrary to apocalyptic predictions. This paper critiques Ghana's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of Foucault's biopolitics . The main result of this study showed that Ghana survived the pandemic because of effective policies, not providence.

Keywords: COVID-19; Biopolitics; State effectiveness; Ghana; Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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