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Experiencing the ‘new normal’: sociology of (Covid-19) pandemic from a disability perspective

Experiencing the ‘new normal’: sociology of (Covid-19) pandemic from a disability perspective

  • By discoversociety
  • April 06, 2020

Achala Gupta and Katie Chadd Amidst the rapidly growing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, many hidden realities of our everyday lives [...]

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Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Eugenics and the ‘Aging Population’ in Conservative Pandemic Governance

Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Eugenics and the ‘Aging Population’ in Conservative Pandemic Governance

  • By discoversociety
  • April 06, 2020

Lisa Tilley In recent weeks, the critical response to right-wing readings of desirable action or inaction in the context of COVID-19 [...]

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Covid disobedience and the autoimmune self-destruction of liberal individualism

Covid disobedience and the autoimmune self-destruction of liberal individualism

  • By discoversociety
  • April 06, 2020

Chris Griffin Self-isolation and physical distancing have quickly generated new norms of social responsibility. Public discourse is increasingly dominated by morally-loaded [...]

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Covid-19 and the impact of Racial Capitalism in the Caribbean

Covid-19 and the impact of Racial Capitalism in the Caribbean

  • By discoversociety
  • April 06, 2020

Nirmal Maraj and Dylan Kerrigan “Racial capitalism” is a brutal socio-economic system. Regionally across the small islands nations and countries of [...]

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Covid-19 in Bolivia fuels political crisis

Covid-19 in Bolivia fuels political crisis

  • By discoversociety
  • April 03, 2020

Olivia Arigho-Stiles Covid-19 has arrived in Bolivia, one of Latin America’s poorest countries, exacerbating a deepening political crisis and structural economic [...]

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COVID19: Expertise, transparency and the problem of trust

COVID19: Expertise, transparency and the problem of trust

  • By discoversociety
  • April 03, 2020

Reiner Grundmann In an attempt to control the effects of the epidemic in the UK, the government has embarked on a [...]

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Orwellian Times   

Orwellian Times  

  • By discoversociety
  • April 02, 2020

Nick Stevenson Recently I have been writing a historical article about George Orwell. While doing so I have come across a [...]

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Responding to Covid-19, a failure of governance? 

Responding to Covid-19, a failure of governance? 

  • By discoversociety
  • April 02, 2020

John Holmwood The UK Government’s response to Covid-19 has elicited bafflement on the part of many commentators. It is now widely [...]

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Corona, East and West: Has Western-centrism mitigated against our well-being in the UK?

Corona, East and West: Has Western-centrism mitigated against our well-being in the UK?

  • By discoversociety
  • April 02, 2020

Ipek Demir It is no longer a secret. The West, on the whole, has underestimated the coronavirus – covid-19. It is [...]

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The social security response to COVID-19: read the small print

The social security response to COVID-19: read the small print

  • By discoversociety
  • April 02, 2020

Mark Simpson The Chancellor of the Exchequer describes the UK Government’s package of support for individuals, businesses and the economy, unveiled [...]

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