Everyday Citizenship and COVID-19: “Staying at Home” While Homeless

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-5-2020

Publication Title

Administrative Theory and Praxis

First page number:

1

Last page number:

13

Abstract

In an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, local and state authorities have enacted stay-at-home orders, limiting citizens’ movement outside of the home to “essential” activities and work. Although a seemingly mundane action, staying out of public spaces is a form of co-production aimed at co-creating public health value. People who are homeless, lacking the resources needed to stay at home, are unable to equitably participate in this act of co-production. As a result, their status as a citizen in the “everyday” sense is compromised.

Keywords

Citizenship; Co-production; COVID-19; Homelessness; Public value

Disciplines

Public Policy

Language

English

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