Jose Martinez

Covid-19 and the transformation of american society (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Covid-19 and the Transformation of American Society, the first book-length consideration of the Covid-19 pandemic's implications, noted sociologist Jose Martinez lays bare the immense social changes that we should expect from the nouvel coronavirus, which has upended American life since March 2020. A vital theme of his critique is how inequality already entrenched in American society may worsen due to large-scale economic disruption that resonates strongly in the socioeconomic circumstances of minorities and the poor. On the other hand, society may also experience constructive social changes resulting from a widespread reconsideration of consumerism driven by frank reassessments of our wants and needs. This book addresses how the coronavirus has contributed to long-lasting reconsiderations of social relationships, from dating to leisure to education, in both negative and positive ways, and how national and cultural politics will never be the same. Martinez opens a new field in foretelling an unanticipated future for American society and, indeed, the entire world. It concludes with a consideration of possible solutions to address social changes that we are unlikely to avoid.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academica Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781680539813
• Artikelnr.: 61391606

Autorenporträt

Jose Martinez, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology (ret.) at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and the author of Inequality in American Education: The Entrenchment of a Two-Tiered System and Diversity, Funding, and Standardized Testing in American Education.