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

Herausgeber: Wood, Geoffrey L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary Perspectives on Social Inequalities in the United States
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 397g
• ISBN-13: 9781666930177
• ISBN-10: 1666930172
• Artikelnr.: 67990646

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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