‘They Should have been Looking after People for a Long Time’: Human Giving and Generosity During COVID-19, in Austerity Britain-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

‘They Should have been Looking after People for a Long Time’: Human Giving and Generosity During COVID-19, in Austerity Britain

Published:2024-04-19 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1360-7804
Container-title:Sociological Research Online
language:en
Short-container-title:Sociological Research Online

Author:

McDonnell Liz¹,Clarke Amy²,Phipps Alison³

Affiliation:

1. University of Sussex, UK

2. University of Brighton, UK

3. Newcastle University, UK

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic mobilised a multitude of acts of giving and generosity. This article provides a snapshot of giving and generosity among a small sample of individuals in the UK, in a context following years of ungenerous austerity politics. Giving and generous actions played a crucial role in mitigating the negative effects of COVID and we report on data collected using in-depth interviews to understand experiences of giving and generosity. We conceptualise giving and generosity as pro-social or other-focused actions that involve sharing of resources, underpinned by a crossing of the hyphen between self and other. This article explores the ways in which participants were mobilised by perceived social and political injustices and thus we offer a different understanding of giving and generosity as micro-activism that is done with a critical eye turned towards the macro context.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13607804241235715

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