Social Problems in the Age of COVID-19, Volume 2: Global Perspectives
Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), this book provides accessible insights into pressing global social problems in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes public policy responses for vulnerable groups, human rights, global inequality, and challenges faces by indigenous populations.
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Social Problems in the Age of COVID-19 is now available via open access, courtesy of Policy Press. For access click here. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact SSSP at sssp@utk.edu.
Table of Contents
Editors: Glenn W. Muschert, Kristen M. Budd, David C. Lane, and Jason A. Smith
Front Matter |
Presidential Welcome Corey W. Dolgon, Stonehill College Editorial Introduction Glenn W. Muschert, Khalifa University of Science and Technology; Kristen M. Budd, Miami University; David C. Lane, Illinois State University; Jason A. Smith, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan |
Chapter 1. Isolation, Economic Desperation, and Exploitation: Human Trafficking and the COVID-19 Crisis Brittany Keegan, Virginia Commonwealth University |
Chapter 2. Uncertainty and Disruption in the Transition to Adulthood during COVID-19 Arnaldo Mont’Alvao, Iowa State University; Pamela Aronson, University of Michigan-Dearborn; Jeylan Mortimer, University of Minnesota |
Chapter 3. Disability Rights and Healthcare Rationing during COVID-19 Bradley W. Williams, George Mason University |
Chapter 4. Social-Distancing theSettler-State: Indigenous Peoples in the Age of COVID-19 Theresa Rocha Beardall, Virginia Tech |
Chapter 5. The Pandemic and the Invisible Poor of the Global South: Slum Dwellers in Mumbai, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh Nikhil Deb, Murray State University; Maya Rao, University of Tennessee |
Chapter 6. The Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the Age of COVID-19 Yvonne A. Braun, University of Oregon |
Chapter 7. Pandemic Perils of Migrant Workers: Inequalities Intensified Reema Sen, Case Western Reserve University; Brian Gran, Case Western Reserve University |
Chapter 8. Food Insecurity and COVID-19 Ninette Rothmüller, Graduate Center at the City University of New York |
Chapter 9. Protecting Refugee Health and Human Rights in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Pathways to Justice Alex Oteino, Arcadia University |
Chapter 10. COVID-19 Requires an Intersectional Feminist Policy Response Kristy Kelly, Drexel University |
End Matter |
Chapter 11. Think Piece: On Values, Security, and Wellbeing under the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 Tatiana Karabchuk, United Arab Emirates University |
Afterword Michael Adorjan, University of Calgary |