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In this Zombie Apocalypse, your Homework is due at 5pm

In this Zombie Apocalypse, your Homework is due at 5pm

  • By discoversociety
  • April 17, 2020

Youyenn Teo Over the past year, and up until I had to suspend fieldwork due to the COVID-19 crisis, I have [...]

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A ‘Good Citizen’ for pandemic times

A ‘Good Citizen’ for pandemic times

  • By discoversociety
  • April 16, 2020

Michaela Benson Since 23rd March 2020, the UK has been in lockdown; international mobility almost entirely restricted, everyday mobilities limited [...]

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We are all affected, but not equally: Migrant domestic workers in pandemic times

We are all affected, but not equally: Migrant domestic workers in pandemic times

  • By discoversociety
  • April 16, 2020

Lise Widding and Lena Nare Beata, a Polish domestic worker who has lived in Italy for more than 20 years, told [...]

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Race, Class and Covid-19 – Not an equal opportunities contagion

Race, Class and Covid-19 – Not an equal opportunities contagion

  • By discoversociety
  • April 16, 2020

Harshad Keval Despite the narrative of crisis and chaos that permeates both news media reporting and the everyday experience of life [...]

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Social security responses to Covid-19: the case for £50 Child Benefit, per child per week

Social security responses to Covid-19: the case for £50 Child Benefit, per child per week

  • By discoversociety
  • April 15, 2020

Rosa Morris, Michael Orton and Kate Summers Mark Simpson's cogent Discover Society blog highlighted limitations in the government's social security response [...]

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COVID-19, Racism, and Health Outcomes

COVID-19, Racism, and Health Outcomes

  • By discoversociety
  • April 15, 2020

Rageshri Dhairyawan and Darren Chetty Racism has accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic from its early stages with reports of East Asian people [...]

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Coronavirus and progressive taxation

Coronavirus and progressive taxation

  • By discoversociety
  • April 14, 2020

William Davies The social and economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge of voluntary civic activity, [...]

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The Pakistani extended family system as an emotional buffer

The Pakistani extended family system as an emotional buffer

  • By discoversociety
  • April 14, 2020

Aisha Rahim “Together you are more united and feel a lot more powerful than if you were on own.  This is [...]

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Pandemic politics and the past: history and the future of global inequality

Pandemic politics and the past: history and the future of global inequality

  • By discoversociety
  • April 14, 2020

Julia McClure Will the global crisis of the coronavirus pandemic lead to protests that will cause the end of capitalism, leading [...]

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Exiting a pandemic – remember that R0 is social too

Exiting a pandemic – remember that R0 is social too

  • By discoversociety
  • April 14, 2020

Steve Hinchliffe and John Law We are used to obscurely derived numbers dominating daily news. The FTSE, Dow Jones, bank lending [...]

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