A research agenda for COVID-19 and society / / Steve Matthewman, editor.

• Superior document: Elgar research agendas
• TeilnehmendeR: Matthewman, Steve,; Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Elgar research agendas.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. With contributions from leading experts in the fields of anthropology, communications, disaster studies, economics, epidemiology, Indigenous studies, philosophy and sociology, this expansive book offers a diverse range of social science perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic, providing critical insights into what a research agenda for COVID-19 and society resembles across different fields of study. This timely Research Agenda investigates what the social sciences can contribute to COVID-19 scholarship, exploring topics such as the impact of the pandemic on women and Indigenous Peoples, ideas behind herd immunity, drivers of vaccine diplomacy, magnification of existing inequalities, and the ethics of vaccine passports. Driven by a particular focus on the causes and consequences of the pandemic, the book considers the opportunities that research into COVID-19 presents, including how such disasters might be mitigated, as well as how we might change the world for the better and carry out our own work differently in the future. Drawing upon numerous critical theories and methodological approaches, this incisive Research Agenda will be an invaluable tool for academics across the social sciences, particularly disaster scholars. Graduate and undergraduate students will benefit from its wealth of insightful contributions from experts working in their respective fields"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for COVID-19 and Society -- 2 COVID-19 and the social sciences -- 3 'Pandemic strategy' is an oxymoron in a neoliberal world -- 4 COVID-19 and Swedish exceptionalism -- 5 Time back! A research manifesto for Indigenous urgencies -- 6 A post-COVID-19 research agenda for disaster prevention, response and research -- 7 System rivalry during pandemic times: an institutional political economy view of great power vaccine diplomacy -- 8 COVID passports: discrimination, inequality and coercion -- 9 The care crisis: a research priority for the pandemic era and beyond -- 10 The futures of qualitative research in the COVID-19 era: experimenting with creative and digital methods -- 11 'Being there' during lockdown: a phenomenological perspective on ethnography of the pandemic present and research methods for the future -- 12 'Normal was a problem' - post-pandemic futures -- Index.