1st Edition

COVID-19 and Social Change in Spain

Edited By Carlos de Castro, Andrés Pedreño, Marta Latorre Copyright 2023
210 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

210 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

210 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Originating in the popular Sociología en Cuarantena blog, this volume provides a detailed and multifaceted analysis of the social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. This book originates in the great upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic when the unprecedented announcement of global lockdowns paralysed the world and put social relations on hold. In response, a loose collective of... Read more

Part I

  1. Introduction: The pandemic and social change
  2. Andrés Pedreño, Carlos de Castro and Marta Latorre

  3. The pandemic, deglobalisation and world society
  4. Julio A. del Pino and Héctor Romero

  5. The bureaucratic strength of neoliberalism
  6. Carlos de Castro

  7. The sociology of the State of alarm: legitimisation and dispute during the COVID-19 in Spain
  8. Andrés Pedreño

  9. "Everything will be alright": emotion rules, the institutional framework and social mobilisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
  10. Miguel Ángel Sánchez and Marta Latorre

  11. Right now: history will be public, or it will not be
  12. Jesús Izquierdo

  13. Science in action: controversies and public knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic
  14. Juan Manuel Zaragoza

     

    Part II

  15. A socio-demographic look at the pandemic
  16. Juan Carlos Solano

  17. A care system in crisis: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality
  18. Isabel Cutillas and Natalia Moraes

  19. The growth of precarious employment for women in the care work sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
  20. Paloma Moré and Raquel Martínez

11.  Social division of labour, recognition and contempt in the health crisis

       Antonio J. Ramírez and Andrés Pedreño

12.  The impact of Covid-19 on the Spanish education system

        Daniel Turienzo, Jesús Rogero and Vicente Díaz

13.  Human mobility, immigration and racism in times of syndemic

       Natalia Moraes and Isabel Cutillas

14.  COVIDigital: new virtual spaces and digital habits for a transformed sociability

        Gaspar Brändle and Salvador Manzanera

15.  Conclusions: "Fear is not the State"

        Andrés Pedreño, Carlos de Castro and Marta Latorre

Biography

Carlos de Castro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.

Andrés Pedreño is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Murcia, Spain.

Marta Latorre is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Murcia, Spain.