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

Edited by Geoffrey L. Wood - Contributions by Geoffrey L. Wood; Danielle R. Mehlman-Brightwell; In Choi; Adian Dobyns; Shichao Du; Chinasa Elue; Na’Tasha M. Evans; Aaron B. Franzen; Yu-Lin Hsu; Melinda Jackson-Jefferson; Pamela Ray Koch; Jeremy C. McCool; Elizabeth Piatt; Eboni Pringle and Donna Bobbitt-Zeher

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans examines the impacts of COVID-19 on political inequality, social inequality, and life changes of Americans. Topics include impacts of COVID-19 on the poor, differences in media responses to previous influenza versus COVID-19 pandemics, the intersection of race, class, and gender specific to this event, gender and changes in occupational loss, specific impacts on college students, and ways in which technological changes integrated with COVID-19. The contributors argue that COVID-19 made political and social inequality worse and affected various groups of Americans differently. This edited volume discusses mechanisms and rationales for why this is the case and offers potential solutions to instances of accelerating inequities in America.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 160 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-66693-017-7 • Hardback • June 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-66693-018-4 • eBook • June 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Series: Contemporary Perspectives on Social Inequalities in the United States
Subjects: Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Health & Fitness / General, Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social Science / American Studies, Social Science / Political Sociology, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / General

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

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

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

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Hardback
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  • The Impacts of COVID-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans examines the impacts of COVID-19 on political inequality, social inequality, and life changes of Americans. Topics include impacts of COVID-19 on the poor, differences in media responses to previous influenza versus COVID-19 pandemics, the intersection of race, class, and gender specific to this event, gender and changes in occupational loss, specific impacts on college students, and ways in which technological changes integrated with COVID-19. The contributors argue that COVID-19 made political and social inequality worse and affected various groups of Americans differently. This edited volume discusses mechanisms and rationales for why this is the case and offers potential solutions to instances of accelerating inequities in America.

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 160 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-66693-017-7 • Hardback • June 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
    978-1-66693-018-4 • eBook • June 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Series: Contemporary Perspectives on Social Inequalities in the United States
    Subjects: Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Health & Fitness / General, Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social Science / American Studies, Social Science / Political Sociology, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / General
Author
Author
  • Geoffrey L. Wood is associate professor of sociology and director of the Center for Applied Research (CFAR) at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • 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

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