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Caring in Times of a Global Pandemic: Introduction
Sorgen in Zeiten einer globalen Pandemie: Einleitung
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Abstract 'Caring in Times of a Global Pandemic' investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to contain it in a cross-national perspective with regard to the areas of care, social reproduction, and affective security policies. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an existing crisis across d... mehr
'Caring in Times of a Global Pandemic' investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to contain it in a cross-national perspective with regard to the areas of care, social reproduction, and affective security policies. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an existing crisis across different unpaid and paid domains of care and social reproduction. It revealed just who exactly keeps life going by doing the jobs that no society can do without. The management of the pandemic relied on significant swathes of unpaid or underpaid care work without sufficient consideration of the conditions under which this work is carried out and without providing sufficient resources and support. Self-organised practices of care and mutual aid in the pandemic potentially pointed to the possibilities of more progressive or even radical care infrastructures, while public welfare, health, and social care systems were vital in responding adequately and inclusively to the pandemic. In the wake of the pandemic, a key question is how capitalist economies will adjust, and how the pandemic may act as a catalyst for change. This article introduces the topic and presents the individual contributions to the HSR Forum.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Gesundheitsvorsorge; Public Health; Pflege; Krisenmanagement; Gesundheitsversorgung; Gesundheitspolitik; Arbeitsbedingungen; Reproduktion; soziale Ungleichheit; Sozialpolitik
Klassifikation
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Gesundheitspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
affect; care; crisis; COVID-19; governance; security; social reproduction; global pandemic; healthcare; cross-national perspective; capitalist economy
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 7-30
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 46 (2021) 4
Heftthema
Forum: Caring in Times of Global Pandemic
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)