The Impacts of COVID-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans -

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans

Geoffrey L. Wood (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
160 Seiten
2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3017-7 (ISBN)
89,95 inkl. MwSt
This edited volume examines how COVID-19 impacted political inequality, social inequality, and the wellbeing of people in the United States. Various theories, methods, outcomes, and potential solutions are discussed to create a cross-discipline narrative on this topic.
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans examines the impacts of COVID-19 on political inequality, social inequality, and life changes of Americans. Topics include impacts of COVID-19 on the poor, differences in media responses to previous influenza versus COVID-19 pandemics, the intersection of race, class, and gender specific to this event, gender and changes in occupational loss, specific impacts on college students, and ways in which technological changes integrated with COVID-19. The contributors argue that COVID-19 made political and social inequality worse and affected various groups of Americans differently. This edited volume discusses mechanisms and rationales for why this is the case and offers potential solutions to instances of accelerating inequities in America.

Geoffrey L. Wood is associate professor of sociology and director of the Center for Applied Research (CFAR) at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

Contents

Introduction: The Impact of Covid-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans

Geoffrey L. Wood

Chapter 1: Did Covid-19 Create a New Opportunity to “Regulate the Poor”?

Donna Bobbitt-Zeher and Adian Dobyns

Chapter 2: What a Difference One Hundred Years Makes: A Covid Queen but no Flu King of South Dakota: Media Portrayals of the Flu of 1918 in South Dakota

Pamela Ray Koch and Aaron B. Franzen

Chapter 3: Livin’ in the Gangsta’s Paradise: Economic Wealth Over Population Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Melinda Jackson-Jefferson

Chapter 4: Forced Layoff or Voluntary Leave? The Gender Disparity in Job Loss during the Covid-19 Pandemic

In Choi and Shichao Du

Chapter 5: The First Covid Generation: The Great Equalizing Myth

Eboni Pringle, Elizbeth Piatt, Chinasa Elue, Na’Tasha Evans, and Yu Lin Hsu

Chapter 6: A Shift in the Norms: The Impact of Covid-19 on Class, Access to Technology, and Social Inequalities in Higher Education

Danielle Mehlman-Brightwell and Jeremy C. McCool

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Contemporary Perspectives on Social Inequalities in the United States
Co-Autor Geoffrey L. Wood, Danielle R. Mehlman-Brightwell, In Choi, Adian Dobyns
Sprache englisch
Maße 159 x 236 mm
Gewicht 399 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10 1-6669-3017-2 / 1666930172
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-3017-7 / 9781666930177
Zustand Neuware
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