COVID-19 and Social Protection

"Although vaccines provide a glimmer of hope, the enormous economic and social impact of COVID-19 is likely to impact the planet for the foreseeable future. With critical analyses across a number of disciplines, this timely text deepens our understanding of the complexities of social protection in the context of this global pandemic. A "must read"! "

• Benjamin D. Reese, Jr., PsyD.,Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,Duke University, School of Medicine, USA.

"The range of critical perspectives in this timely volume serves to emphasise the unavoidable reality that people and communities most impacted by poverty, and affected by the many ills that arise from being on the wrong side of global power and privilege, fare worst in times of acute crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. They represent a call for urgent and concerted action to mitigate suffering in the present, and collectively prepare for more equitable responses tocrises in the future."

• Professor Paul Millar, Director, CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive, University of Canterbury, Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha.

This book provides a comparative analysis of how communities have developed people-based resilience in response to the global impact of COVID-19. The crisis of the capitalist economy due to border closure, downturn in business, loss of jobs and large-scale destruction of people's well-being has worsened poverty, and inequality worsened the situation of the already marginalized. At the same time, it has provided the opportunity for indigenous and marginalized communities to innovatively strengthen their social and solidarity economies to respond the unprecedented calamity in a self-empowering and sustainable way.

Steven Ratuva, Professor and Director, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Tara Ross, Head of Journalism Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Yvonne Crichton-Hill, Head of Social Work, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Health, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Patrick Vakaoti, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Otago, New Zealand.

Rosemarie Martin, Research specialist, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Auteur

Steven Ratuva, Professor and Director, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Tara Ross, Head of Journalism Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Yvonne Crichton-Hill, Head of Social Work, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Health, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Patrick Vakaoti, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Otago, New Zealand. Rosemarie Martin, Research specialist, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Contenu
Introduction - COVID-19 pandemic and the global impact: Challenges for social protection and reliance building.- Rethinking COVID-19, social protection and the social solidarity economy.- The COVID-19 pandemic and public health: Reframing social protection and health approaches.- Lockdowns, family violence and social protection.- COVID-19, food security and social protection.- Youth problems and social protection.- Framing the pandemic: Media narratives.- Education and social protection.- Families and the protection of children under COVID.- Averting Poverty and ill-health among the elderly in the midst of COVID-19.- COVID-19, Global South and social protection in Philippines.- COVID-19 and the Maori social solidarity economy.- Compassion, caring and community during the COVID-19 Crisis: The revival of a barter economy in the South Pacific.- West Papuan student response towards education and economic challenges during COVID-19 pandemic.- Marginalized communities, public health, and the American Response to Covid-19.- Averting poverty and ill-health among the elderly in the midst of COVD19-The case of the Pacific.- Impact of COVID 19 on global sports.- Conclusion - Responding to pandemics-Trends and future lessons.