The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development: Global Perspectives (1st ed. 2022)
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- Synopsis
- This book is a novel contribution to academic discourses on the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and how it has impacted societies globally. It proffers an overview on the social development and political measures, from both the Global North and Global South, to prevent COVID-19's spread. It illuminates major social, political and economic challenges that already existed in different contexts and which are also currently being amplified by COVID-19. Curiously, this global pandemic has opened spaces for different actors, across the globe, to begin to fundamentally question and challenge the hegemony of the Global North, which sometimes is evident in social work. Linked to the foregoing and while reflecting beyond the pandemic and into the future, the book proposes that social work must become more political at all levels, and strive to transform societies, global social development efforts, and economic and health systems. This contributed volume of 38 chapters discusses and analyses ethical, social, sociological, social work and social development issues that complement and enrich available literature in the socio-political, economics, public health, medical ethics and political science. It provides various case studies which should enable readers to gain insights into how countries have responded to the pandemic and learn how COVID-19 negatively impacted countries in different parts of the world. This book also provides a platform for the articulation of neglected and marginalized voices, such as those of indigenous populations, the poor, or oppressed. The chapters are grouped according to three main themes as they relate to research on the COVID-19 pandemic and social work in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America:Analysis: Social Issues and the COVID-19 Pandemic Strategies and Responses in Social Work: Globally and LocallyOutlook: Looking Ahead Beyond the PandemicIntended to engage a global, diverse and interdisciplinary audience, The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development is a timely and relevant resource for academics, students and researchers in inter alia Social Work, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, and Development Studies.
- Copyright:
- 2022
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783030846787
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030846770
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 12/03/22
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies, Medicine, Politics and Government
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- Edited by:
- Janestic Twikirize
- Edited by:
- Ndangwa Noyoo
- Edited by:
- Ronald Lutz
- Edited by:
- Tanja Kleibl
- Edited by:
- Rebecca Gutwald
- Edited by:
- Maria do Gonçalves
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