1st Edition
COVID-19 in South Asia Society, Economics and Politics
This book studies the impact of COVID-19 in South Asia. With case studies from India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, the volume assesses the long-term effects of COVID on the countries’ political economy, public health, education, and society and offers recommendations for creating a more robust and resilient society for South Asian countries in response to the threat of future pandemics. The authors also make suggestions for shared policy goals, identifying smart strategies, and aligning policy instruments into short and long-term policy decisions to address wider societal issues of economy, migration, refugees, and averting the threats of extremism.
Topical and comprehensive, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of sociology, medical sociology, political sociology, social anthropology, South Asian studies, public policy, political economy, and political studies.
Section I: Political Economy 1. The Impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh Economy 2. Coronavirus in Pakistan: The hidden narrative behind the (not so bad) numbers 3. Political Economy of India’s Comprehensive Lockdown in Midst of Covid-19 Pandemic 4. Mitigating Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19: Prospect of Digital Centre-Led Resilience Building for Rohingya Host Communities in Bangladesh 5. Covid-19 and the Migrant Issue in South Asia: Crisis within a Crisis Section II: Public Health 6. Environmental effects on Coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality in South Asia 7. Coronavirus v. Pakistan: Early Successes in the Epidemiological Battle 8. Economic benefit of COVID-19 free testing in developing countries: a case study from Bangladesh 9. Pakistan and Covid-19: The Susceptibility of Local Healthcare Systems and the Needs to Foster Innovative and Potential Reforms 10. Corona Phobia in India—A Policy Perspective Section III: Education 11. Trajectories of Education: An Examination of COVID-19 Consequences in Education in Nepal 12. Paradigm shift of learning: Assessing West-Bengal’s education system of India in post-pandemic era Section IV: Society 13. ‘Devotion at the Time of Pandemic’: An Examination of Religion and Covid-19 in Kerala, India 14. Implications of Covid-19 in Extremism and Countering Violent Extremism
Biography
Manhal Ali, Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Leeds, UK.
Rakib Akhtar, Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Birmingham, UK.
Mohammad Tarikul Islam, Professor, Department of Government and Politics, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
