Covid-19 and the Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty: Studies of Social Phenomena and Social Theory Across 6 Continents - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3030951693 ISBN 13 : 9783030951696

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Synopsis

This book provides a global perspective on COVID-19, taking the heterogenous realities of the pandemic into account. Contributions are rooted in critical social science studies of risk and uncertainty and characterized by theoretical approaches such as cultural theory, risk society theory, governmentality perspectives, and many important insights from ‘southern’ theories.

Some of the chapters in the book have a more theoretical-conceptual emphasis, while others are more empirically oriented – but all chapters engage in an insightful dialogue between the theoretical and the empirical, in order to develop a rich, diverse and textured picture of the new challenge the world is facing and responding to. Addressing multiple levels of responses to the coronavirus, as understood in terms of, institutional and governance policies, media communication and interpretation, and the sense-making and actions of individual citizens in their everyday lives, the book brings together a diverse range of studies from across 6 continents. These chapters are connected by a common emphasis on applying critical theoretical approaches which help make sense of, and critique, the responses of states, organisations and individuals to the social phenomena emerging amid the Corona pandemic.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam and Editor of the international journal Health, Risk & Society.

Jens O. Zinn is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Melbourne, President of the Thematic group Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty of the International Sociological Association, and Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030951693
• ISBN 13: 9783030951696
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Éditeur: Brown Patrick R., Zinn Jens O.
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