Inequalities, Youth, Democracy and the Pandemic

ISBN-13: 9781032605654 / Twarda / 2024 / 328 str.

Opis

Bringing together together studies from around the world and employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, this book examines the growing social problems that have been brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic, shedding light on inequalities rooted in race and ethnicity, economic conditions, gender, disability and age.

Recenzje

“Maddanu and Toscano’s book daringly broaches multiple facets of the Covid 19 crisis. Its originality lies in its impressive international range combined with in-depth case studies. It investigates the plight induced by the pandemic but also social actors’ capacity of action, thus permitting theorical and empirical accounts. The book brings into relief three central issues which stand uppermost among current social concerns: inequalities, youth and democracy. It will undoubtedly constitute a precious resource for both social scientists and the wider public.“

Daniele Joly, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has not only been a major global health emergency but also a social and political event that has exacerbated inequalities in society while shedding light on deep-seated social conflicts and triggering new ones. This edited collection brings together social scientists from different world regions to look at the evolution of grievances and conflicts during the pandemic, from the impact of the emergency on social movements to its fuelling of new forms of discrimination. Rigorously researched and rich in geographic coverage, this volume is a precious resource to navigate the global landscape of post-pandemic.”

Paolo Gerbaudo, Reader in Digital Politics, King’s College London, UK.

Spis treści

1. Sociology in the Age of Crises Part 1: Pandemic and Inequalities, Gender, and Disabilities 2. The Exacerbation of Inequalities in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Crisis and its Effects Within and Across Households 3. Malaysian Indian Women Living in Poverty and the Challenges of the Pandemic 4. ‘Rebuscarse la Vida’: The Resourcefulness of Latinas Navigating COVID-19 in Philadelphia 5. Sociology of Migration Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic Precarity: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Greece 6. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Disability Services in Japan: Analysis of Administrative Panel Data 7. Images of Pandemic Inequality in Brazil Part 2: Pandemic and the Youth 8. COVID-19, COVID-Related Life Events, and Life Satisfaction among Young People in Finland 9. Generational inequalities in Multiple Crises: Pandemic and the Italian Youth on the Edge 10. The COVID-19 Emergency and University Students: An Analysis on Effects from Inequalities in Cultural and Socio-Economic Capital 11. The Digital (In)Equity Crisis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Narratives from the Field 12. Generation Z and Civic Engagement in a Pre- and Post-Vaccine World Part 3: Pandemic, Social Movements and Democracy 13. Citizenship and Pandemic: Between Leviathan and Civic Culture 14. Moral framing, Gitanos and the spreading of the virus in the age of Covid-19 15. Scientific Claims and Pandemic Responses in Brazil: Beyond the ‘Post-Truth Critique’ 16. The Anti-Vaxxer Attitude as a Socially Rooted Thought-Style 17. ‘Feminism is the Real Plague’: Spanish Populist Radical Right Anti-Feminism During the COVID-19 Pandemic

O autorze

Emanuele Toscano is Associate Professor of Sociology at Marconi University of Rome, Italy. His research focuses on inequalities, subjectivation processes, and social movements. He is editor of Researching Far-Right Movements: Ethics, Methodologies, and Qualitative Inquiries (Routledge, 2019) and author of numerous journal articles and book chapters.

Simone Maddanu is Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida, USA. His research explores social movements, immigration, Islam in Europe, common goods and modernity. He is co-author of Restless Cities on the Edge: Collective Actions, Immigration and Populism (2021) and co-editor of Global Modernity from Coloniality to Pandemic: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (2022).