Social work and the COVID-19 pandemic : international insights /

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As the world grapples with the complex impacts of COVID-19, this book provides an urgent critical exploration of how Social Work can and should respond to this global crisis. The book considers the ecological, epidemiological, ideological and political conditions which gave rise to the pandemic, bef...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lavalette, Michael (Autor), Iakimidis Vasilios (Autor), Ferguson, Iain, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.
Temas:
2000-2099
Social service > Health aspects.
Social service > History > 21st century.
COVID-19 (Disease) > Social aspects.
Bereavement.
Bereavement
Service social > Histoire > 21e siècle.
COVID-19 > Aspect social.
Deuil.
mourning.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work.
COVID-19 (Disease) > Social aspects
Social service
Social service > Health aspects
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Social work and COVID-19
  • Context to a crisis
  • Capitalism, the ecological crisis and the creation of pandemics
  • Why politics matters: understanding the biopolitics of COVID-19
  • Neoliberal social work and COVID-19
  • COVID-19 and social inequalities: a political view from social work
  • Social work responds to COVID-19: an international overview
  • Social work responses around the world
  • Social work and the COVID-19 crisis in the United States
  • Business as usual? Social work and the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
  • Social work responses to COVID-19 in Brazil
  • Social services, social work and COVID-19 in Palestine
  • Social work and COVID-19 in South Africa
  • The extent of the COVID-19 crisis in South Korea
  • Social work and COVID-19 in Greece
  • The extent of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone
  • Social divisions, inequality and COVID-19
  • Class, inequality and the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Still left holding the baby: women's oppression and the corona crisis
  • Working with women receiving social services during COVID-19: reflections from children and families' practitioners
  • Black Lives Matter: racism, poverty, work and COVID-19
  • Roma communities' experiences of racism during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Re-racialisation of migrants and the 'refugee crisis' during COVID-19
  • Rethinking right and wrong: social work, COVID-19 and the crisis of ethics
  • Conclusion: no return to 'business as usual'
  • References

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