Main description:

This book is a novel contribution to academic discourses on the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and how it has impacted societies globally. It proffers an overview on the social development and political measures, from both the Global North and Global South, to prevent COVID-19's spread. It illuminates major social, political and economic challenges that already existed in different contexts and which are also currently being amplified by COVID-19. Curiously, this global pandemic has opened spaces for different actors, across the globe, to begin to fundamentally question and challenge the hegemony of the Global North, which sometimes is evident in social work. Linked to the foregoing and while reflecting beyond the pandemic and into the future, the book proposes that social work must become more political at all levels, and strive to transform societies, global social development efforts, and economic and health systems.

This contributed volume of 38 chapters discusses and analyses ethical, social, sociological, social work and social development issues that complement and enrich available literature in the socio-political, economics, public health, medical ethics and political science. It provides various case studies which should enable readers to gain insights into how countries have responded to the pandemic and learn how COVID-19 negatively impacted countries in different parts of the world. This book also provides a platform for the articulation of neglected and marginalized voices, such as those of indigenous populations, the poor, or oppressed. The chapters are grouped according to three main themes as they relate to research on the COVID-19 pandemic and social work in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America:

Analysis: Social Issues and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Strategies and Responses in Social Work: Globally and Locally
Outlook: Looking Ahead Beyond the Pandemic

Intended to engage a global, diverse and interdisciplinary audience, The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development is a timely and relevant resource for academics, students and researchers in inter alia Social Work, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, and Development Studies.

Contents:

DedicationForeword

Preface

About the EditorsList of Contributors

I. Analysis: Social Issues and the COVID-19 Pandemic

1. Mehta et al: COVID and Social Work Voices from India and Australia: Strategic and Meaningful Solidarities for Global Justice

2. Wadhwaniya et al: Examining Decent Work During COVID-19: With Reference to Female Workers in South Asia

3. Koehler: The Impact of COVID-19 on the 'Culture of Deportation' for Refugees from African Countries in Germany

4. Jung et al: Corona Challenging Social Work in Korea and Vietnam

5. Jaji: COVID-19 Safety Measures and Socioeconomic Status in Urban Zimbabwe

6. Bukuluki et al: Face Mask Wearing in Kampala, Uganda

7. Mfoafo-M'Carthy et al: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Responses on Persons with Disabilities Including Psychosocial Disabilities in the Global South: The Case of Ghana

8. Minenhle et al: Lockdown in a Dual Society: Exploring the Human Capability Implications of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Africa

9. Nemutandani et al: The Exposition of the Stark Realities of an Unequal Society Based on the COVID-19 Pandemic

10. Serupia et al: The COVID-19 Crisis: Impact of Social Attitudes and Representations on Social Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

11. Seruwagi et al: Knowledge, Adherence and the Lived Experiences of Refugees During COVID-19

12. Sehlabane et al: The Impact of COVID-19 Among the Vulnerable Population of Children and Youth in Lesotho: The Circle of Courage Perspective

13. Dlamini et al: Analysing the Situation of Migrants and Social Work Interventions in South Africa During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

14. Brigido et al: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on International Migration in Brazil: Normative, Economic, and Social Issues

15. Redin et al: From the Absence of Public Policies to a State of Emergency: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Migrant Subject Condition

16. Curzio: Social Justice in the Time of COVID-19: Transcend Borders - From the Micro to the Macro, from Patagonia Argentina to the World

17. Mauersberger: Colombian Women Between the Pandemic and Armed Conflict and Poverty

II. Strategies and Responses in Social Work: Globally and Locally

18. Castilla et al: Ecuador's and Iran's Response to protect refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations during the COVID-19 pandemic

19. Kashaija et al: "Am I an Essential Worker?" COVID-19 and (Re)shaping of the Social Work Profession in Uganda

20. Singh et al: Responses of Social Work Students and Teachers to COVID-19: Experiences from Crisis Relief in Urban Slum and Rural Communities of Maharashtra, India

21. Hamisultane et al: COVID-19, Hyper Vulnerabilities, Silenced Traumas and Colonial Scars: Social Work Scholars Engaging in Critical Dialogue with Racialized Communities

22. George: The Kerala, India Experience of Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic

23. Dudgeon et al: Responding to COVID-19 and Beyond: Key Recommendations for the Effective Public and Mental Health Response to Support the Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia

24. Okoye et al: COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria: A Story Worth Telling from the Eyes of Social Workers

25. Atwine et al.: COVID-19 Pandemic and the Urban Poor: The Relevancy of Uganda's Social Protection Measures

26. Chikadzi et al: Social Work as an Unwitting Enabler of Oppression and Disenfranchisement of the Masses: A Freirean Analysis of Social Workers' Perspectives on the Government of Zimbabwe's COVID-19 Response

27. Lanza et al: The Professional Practice of the Brazilian Social Worker: Problems About the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

28. Reininger et al: Front-line Social Workers' Practices Under the Political and Sanitary Crisis in Chile

III. Outlook: Looking Ahead Beyond the Pandemic

29. Bedurke, Lars: Time for New Epistemological Inquiries, the Global South and Resilience in the Time of COVID-19

30. Vaughn et al: Decolonising Safeguarding During a Pandemic: Lessons for Research Praxis in International Social Work

31. Brady et al. Participatory Photography, Ethical Storytelling and Modern Slavery Survivor Voices: Adapting to COVID-19

32. Pfaffenstaller et al. Social Work in the Time of a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Need for Resilience-critical Thinking

33. Chikadzi: A Social Work and Social Development Perspective on the Need to Decolonise African Economies in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Africa

34. Noyoo: Critiquing Western Development Paradigms and Theories in the Age of the Coronavirus (COVID-19): An African Perspective

35. Ortiz-Rico: How Has Population Health Accelerated Through Integrated Indigenous Social Networks? Opportunities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

36. Valdebenito-Acosta et al: Soup Kitchens and Radical Social Work Against COVID-19 from Liberation Theology in Chile

37. Afeworki Abay et al: Overcoming the Socioeconomic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Social Work Perspectives and Postcolonial Reflections from Ethiopia

38. Concluding Remarks and Summation

Epilogue