What is it about?
This article presents a novel approach to measure economic inequality within the space of personal support relationships. It shows how interpersonal support practices respond to and can contribute to systemic inequalities.
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Why is it important?
Support to notably worse-off others occurs within the extended family for black and toward acquaintances for white Namibians. Support practices show a narrative of necessity for black but not white Namibians within families and across generations. A stronger obligation to share one’s merits with others can contribute to continued intra- and interracial inequality.
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This page is a summary of: Normalizing necessity? Support networks and racial inequality in Namibia, World Development, November 2021, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105649.
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