Systemic Inequality, Sustainability and COVID-19

by Seela Aladuwaka (Editor), Barbara Wejnert (Editor), Ram Alagan (Editor)

Overview

The global spread of COVID-19 has led to devastating effects on countries worldwide in terms of population health, economy, politics, and sustainable development. Systemic Inequality, Sustainability and COVID-19 provides an opportunity to engage in a critical dialog on the consequences and interactions of COVID-19 with social inequalities and environment management.

The pandemic has shattered personal lives, families, businesses, countries' health systems, education, economy, and sustainable development. COVID-19's impact is most visible among disadvantaged populations as the pandemic amplified the already profound social inequalities and problems of environmental justice existing in developed and developing countries alike. Understanding that it is critical to determine the scope, magnitude, and scale of pandemic effects on the most vulnerable groups and environmental sustainability, this book addresses the impact of COVID-19 on countries' development, exploring the consequences and interactions of COVID-19 with social inequalities and sustainable development.

Taking a global perspective, this edited collection is vital to understanding countries' progress and development during and after the pandemic in this extraordinary moment in human history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801177337
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	05/30/2022
Series:	Research in Political Sociology , #29
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Seela Aladuwaka is Associate Professor of Geography at Alabama State University, USA. Her research interests include poverty, microfinance, gender and development, and health disparity.

Barbara Wejnert is Professor of Political Sociology-Democracy, Sustainability, and Gender at the Universityat Buffalo, SUNY, USA. Her research interests include worldwide diffusion of democracy, political freedoms, economic and social development, and the effects of democratization on the well-being of societies.

Ram Alagan is Professor of Geography at Alabama State University, USA. His research interests include GIS, Civil Rights GIS, Health Disparity, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Regional Studies.

Table of Contents

Part I. Heath and Social Inequality and COVID-19
Chapter 1. Social Determinants of Health Disparities and COVID-19 in Black Belt Communities in Alabama: Geospatial Analyses; Seela Aladuwaka, Barbara Wejnert, Ram Alagan, and Manoj Mishra
Chapter 2. A Naturalistic Observation of Mask Wearing Behavior in a Southeastern United States Town During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Marcia Rossi and Andria Moore
Chapter 3. Selected Aspects of Discrimination against the Elderly in the Polish Health Care System; Żaklina Skrenty
Chapter 4. Invisible Frontline Warriors of COVID-19: An Intersectional Feminist Study of ASHA Workers in India; Manorama Upadhyaya
Chapter 5. Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in Himachal Pradesh - A Case Study; Yashpal Malik, Nirupama Prakash, and Suman
Chapter 6. Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19: Legislative and Judicial Measures for Protection and Support of the Women Victims of Domestic Violence in Sri Lanka; Muthukuda Arachchige Dona Shiroma Jeeva Shirajanie Niriella
Chapter 7. Gender Relations and Dynamics of Internal Committee: Case Studies from Private and Public Institutions; Kamalaveni
Chapter 8. Care Ethics in the Time of COVID-19: Are We Our Brother’s Keepers? Some Insights from the Efforts of “Food for Chennai,” India; Sunita George and Raymond Greene
Chapter 9. Iranian Dating Sites in the Age of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study on Muslim Married Women; Dariush Boostani, Naima Mohammadi, and Fattah Hatami Maskouni
Part II. Environment, Sustainability, and COVID-19
Chapter 10. A Reflection on Biodiversity in a Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Foundation of Environmental Sustainability; Camille Wejnert-Depue
Chapter 11. Systemic Inequality, Sustainability and COVID-19 in U.S. Prisons: A Sociological Exploration of Women’s Prison Gardens in Pandemic Times; Daniela Jauk, Brenda Gill, Christie Caruana, and Sharon Everhardt
Chapter 12. COVID-19 in Chile: Personal and Political Outcomes; James G. Linn, Jorge Chuaqui, and Aristoteles C. Alencar
Chapter 13. Corporate Mining, Sustainable Development, and Human Rights of the Indigenous People in the Philippines: Implications for Building Resiliency to the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic; Ligaya Lindio McGovern
Chapter 14. Genealogies of Sustainable Development? Life Stories of Frugal, Inventive, and Creative Women; Izabela Skórzyńska
Chapter 15. Birdsong and the Diseased Gaia in the Anthropocene: An Ecofeminist Reading of Terry Tempest Williams’ Memoirs - Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place and When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice; Jagriti Upadhyaya