ISBN:
978-1-032-19471-4
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978-1-032-19389-2
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 236 Seiten :
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Illustration, 2 Diagramme.
Series Statement:
〈〈The〉〉 politics of pandemics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Pandemic response and the cost of lockdowns
Keywords:
Since 2020
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Geschichte 2020-2021
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- / Social aspects
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- / Government policy
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Quarantine / Social aspects
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Health planning / Social aspects
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Emergency management / Social aspects
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Government policy
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Social aspects
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COVID-19.
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Pandemie.
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Ausgangssperre.
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Politische Entscheidung.
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Geisteswissenschaften.
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Sozialwissenschaften.
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Analyse.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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COVID-19
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Pandemie
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Ausgangssperre
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Politische Entscheidung
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Geisteswissenschaften
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Sozialwissenschaften
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Analyse
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Geschichte 2020-2021
Abstract:
"Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns brings the vast analytical apparatus of the humanities and social sciences to the task of critically analysing the political decisions taken in 2020-21. The global response to the Covid-19 pandemic left little time for critical debate about the impact of lockdowns. Across the world, governments claimed to 'follow the science', but they rarely paid attention to the humanities and social sciences. Indeed, the absence of these perspectives is symptomatic of a longer-term trend in the marginalisation of the humanities and social sciences in policy-making and public debate. This book exposes the tragic consequences of this omission in 2020-21 and demonstrates the potential for a different path in the future - a path in which we pay attention to power, complexity, and our biases. The authors establish what these disciplines have to offer in a global emergency and how we can ensure they help us avoid the mistakes of 2020-21 in the future. This original and interdisciplinary book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and researchers throughout the humanities and social sciences, including the fields of philosophy, sociology, anthropology, law, political science, and history, as well as relevant policy-makers"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: The role of humanities and social sciences at a time of crisis / Peter Sutoris and Sinéad Murphy -- The 'lockdown consensus' in the UK and the dangers of performative scientism / Anthony Mckeown -- Stopping the spread of health / Sinéad Murphy -- Pandemic response, cultural anthropology and 'the myth of the caring society' / Peter Sutoris -- Digital society, algorithmic harm, and the pandemic response / Mark Wong -- Against the logic of immunity : philosophy and the epidemic / Michael Lewis -- How the world's harshest lockdown unleashed a humanitarian crisis / Kunal R. Purohit -- Covid-19 in Angola : militarization of lockdown language and state policy in Angola / Fernandes Wanda -- The economic impact of Covid-19 lockdown policies in Argentina / Maddalena Cevese -- An analysis of the socio-economic impacts of the lockdown policy in Ghana / Samuel Adu-Gyamfi -- Covid-19 syndemic and lessons (not) learned from past epidemics : one size doesn't fit all / Llanos Ortiz-Montero -- The proportionality of lockdowns / Kai Möller -- Lockdowns and intergenerational justice / Yossi Nehushtan -- Lockdown lived experience, illness, power and epistemic injustice / Roxana Baiasu -- What we lost in lockdown / Matthew Ratcliffe -- Do lockdowns work for women? The gendered impacts of the pandemic and policy responses / Rose Cook and Aleida Mendes Borges
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