COVID-19 Pandemic

Impact on and Implications for Community and Social Development
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-93-5388-689-9
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 350 g

In this book, leading social researchers from Australia, India, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and USA discuss the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic in their respective countries. They explore socio-cultural, health, economic and educational aspects of people’s lives, and governments’ policies and programmes. Their analyses show how coronavirus infects indiscriminately and impacts discriminately, particularly the disadvantaged and marginalized groups. The pandemic exposes hidden health inequalities and calls for structural changes. It significantly contributes to lessons learned from the pandemic and the understanding of implications for community and social development. The book is a useful resource for further research and action, and policies and programmes to fight the pandemic and support people and communities with care and compassion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pawar, Manohar

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
The Global Impact of and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Introduction
Kiwis and COVID-19: The Aotearoa New Zealand Response to the Global Pandemic - Mark Henrickson
The Impact and Implications of COVID-19: An Australian Perspective - Dominic O’Sullivan, Mubarak Rahamathulla and Manohar Pawar
Social Policy, COVID-19 and Impoverished Migrants: Challenges and Prospects in Locked Down India - Sohini Sengupta and Manish K. Jha
COVID-19, Physical Distancing and Social Inequalities: Are We all Really in this Together? - Lakshmi Lingam and Rahul Suresh Sapkal
The Italian Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons Learned and Future Direction in Social Development - Mara Sanfelici
Coronavirus Health Inequities in the United States Highlight Need for Continued Community Development Efforts - Heather A. Walter-McCabe
‘The Swedish Strategy’ towards the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on Vulnerable and Marginalised Communities - Komalsingh Rambaree and Nessica Nässén
Social and Emergency Assistance Ex-Ante and During COVID-19 in the SADC Region - Gift Dafuleya
COVID-19 and BAME Group in the United Kingdom - Mrigesh Bhatia
7th ICSDAP Conference in Bangladesh: Some Experiences and Reflections for the Way Forward - Asok Kumar Sarkar, Mamunur Rahman and Manohar Pawar
Book Reviews James Midgley, Rebecca Surender and Laura Alfers, Handbook of Social Policy and Development Reviewed by Sarah Cook
Ranabir Samaddar (Ed.), Borders of an Epidemic: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers Reviewed by Anindita Chakrabarty

Über Autor(innen)

Pawar, Manohar
Manohar Pawar, BA, MASW and PhD, is Professor of Social Work at the School of Social Work and Arts, Charles Sturt University (New South Wales, Australia). He has made distinguished contributions to the field of international social work and social development. His books are translated in Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, and Korean languages and used for social work education, research and practice internationally.  

To advance social science research and publications on community and social development, Prof. Pawar conceptualised and established a new peer reviewed journal entitled the International Journal of Community and Social development, published by Sage. As its founding Editor-in-chief, he has enhanced the academic quality and status of the journal from nonindexed to Scopus indexed, achieving a SCImago ranked Q1 status for the journal in a short period.

In addition, he is President of the International Consortium for Social Development and Editor of Springer Series in Social Development. He has received several honours and awards, including an ARC (Australian Research Council) Discovery grant; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017, conferred by the National Association of Professional Social Workers in India; the invitation to deliver the Council on Social Work Education 2017 Hokenstad International Lecture, USA; the Australian Learning and Teaching Council’s Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, 2008; and Quality of Life Award 2001 from the Association of Commonwealth Universities.  

Prof. Pawar is on the editorial boards of International Social Work, the Indian Journal of Social Work, South Asian Journal of Participative Development, and Journal of Social Development Studies. He also reviews articles for many journals, including the British Journal of Social Work.

Prof.  Pawar's research follows a mixed methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative research methods, including integrating teaching and practice. He has nearly 200 publications, which include over 20 books and monographs, published by leading international publishers (Cambridge University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, SAGE, Springer). His research has focused on international social work, social development and social policy, social work and social policy practice, social consequences of climate change and water, social work education, informal care and ageing, NGOs and community development, and virtues and social work practice.

Prof. Pawar has been an invited keynote/panel speaker at many international professional conferences/seminars/workshops organised by universities/academic institutions/professional bodies in Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, and US.