Caring Cash Free Money and the Ethics of Solidarity in Kenya

• Main Author: Neumark, Tom (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Pluto Press 2023
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Social Science; Anthropology; Cultural & Social
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The idea of giving cash, no-strings-attached, to the poor has become popular in the 21st century. While hardly a radical form of global redistribution, these cash grants, often known as unconditional cash transfers, claim to offer a new type of care that is less paternalistic than other forms of ass...