Social analysis and the COVID-19 crisis : a collective journal / Suman Gupta [and eight others].
By: Gupta, Suman [author.].
Contributor(s): Allen, Richard [author.] | Basu, Maitrayee ...[et al.] [author.].
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2021Edition: South Asia Edition.Description: ix, 161p.ISBN: 9780367775506.Subject(s): COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects | Epidemics -- Social aspects | Quarantine -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 362.1962414 Summary: "This book is a collective journal of the COVID-19 pandemic. With first-hand accounts of the pandemic as it unfolded, it explores the social and the political through the lens of the outbreak. Featuring contributors located in India, USA, Brazil, UK, Germany, and Bulgaria, the book presents us with simultaneous, multiple histories of our time. The volume documents the beginning of social distancing and lockdown measures adopted by countries around the word and analyses how these bore upon prevailing social conditions in specific locations. It presents the authors' personal observations in a lucid conversational style as they reflect on themes such as the reorganization of political debates and issues, the experience of the marginalized, theodicy, government policy responses, and shifts into digital space under lockdown, all of these under an overarching narrative of the healthcare and economic crisis facing the world. A unique and engaging contribution, this book will be useful to students and researchers of sociology, public health, political economy, public policy, and comparative politics. It will also appeal to general readers interested in pandemic literature"--| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 362.1962414 BEI Being human during COVID-19 / | 362.1962414 COV- The COVID-19 reader : | 362.1962414 FOR-I India and the pandemic : | 362.1962414 GUP-S Social analysis and the COVID-19 crisis : | 362.1962414 RYA-C COVID-19 : | 362.1962414 THI Thinking in a Pandemic : | 362.1962414223 MON-C Covid- 19 And Public Policy InThe Digital Age: |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book is a collective journal of the COVID-19 pandemic. With first-hand accounts of the pandemic as it unfolded, it explores the social and the political through the lens of the outbreak. Featuring contributors located in India, USA, Brazil, UK, Germany, and Bulgaria, the book presents us with simultaneous, multiple histories of our time. The volume documents the beginning of social distancing and lockdown measures adopted by countries around the word and analyses how these bore upon prevailing social conditions in specific locations. It presents the authors' personal observations in a lucid conversational style as they reflect on themes such as the reorganization of political debates and issues, the experience of the marginalized, theodicy, government policy responses, and shifts into digital space under lockdown, all of these under an overarching narrative of the healthcare and economic crisis facing the world. A unique and engaging contribution, this book will be useful to students and researchers of sociology, public health, political economy, public policy, and comparative politics. It will also appeal to general readers interested in pandemic literature"--
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