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Banking in the bush: waiting for credit in South Africa's rural economy (2012)
Journal Article
Hull, E. (2012). Banking in the bush: waiting for credit in South Africa's rural economy. Africa, 82(1), 168-186. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972011000702

Drawing on fieldwork in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, this paper shows how people experience government and other institutions in a patchwork of encounters spread out over time, disjointedly, and via various intermediaries. Aspirations change over t... Read More about Banking in the bush: waiting for credit in South Africa's rural economy.

Paperwork and the contradictions of accountability in a South African hospital (2012)
Journal Article
Hull, E. (2012). Paperwork and the contradictions of accountability in a South African hospital. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 18(3), 613-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2012.01779.x

This paper explores the extent and reach of ‘audit culture’ in a rural government hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. I describe the institution’s efforts at instilling a new public sector ethos that involves intensifying mechanisms of audit and... Read More about Paperwork and the contradictions of accountability in a South African hospital.

International migration, "domestic struggles" and status aspiration among nurses in South Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Hull, E. (2010). International migration, "domestic struggles" and status aspiration among nurses in South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 36(4), 851-867. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2010.527641

The achievement of upward mobility through participation in international labour markets has become possible for nurses in the context of a ‘new’ democratic South Africa, but this
contrasts sharply with the predicament of many in the post-apartheid... Read More about International migration, "domestic struggles" and status aspiration among nurses in South Africa.