1st Edition
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on People and their Lives Socio-Political and Economic Aspects
This book explores the unparalleled adversities and strain that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused on the social and economic lives of people.
The book allows readers a glimpse into the experiences of death, loss of livelihood, psychological trauma, restrictions on movement and social life, shifts in international relations and effects on big and small industries caused by the pandemic. It focusses on the major shifts caused within communities and highlights how politics, power dynamics and socio-cultural systems have reset and recovered during recent times. The volume also offers suggestions to offset economic hardships the pandemic has caused especially to the poor and marginalised as well as policy changes to help governments and communities to build more resilient economic and health infrastructure and support systems.
With interdisciplinary contributions, this book is an essential read for students and researchers of public health, sociology, health economics, healthcare management, development studies, public policy and South Asian studies.
Biography
R. C. Sobti is former Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh and Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. He is a scientist, an able administrator and a dynamic institution builder. He was bestowed with one of the highest civilian awards, Padmashri by the Government of India in 2009.
Vipin Sobti is an educationist and has been teaching psychology and child development for more than 40 years both at undergraduate and post graduate levels. After completing her term as Principal, she was nominated as member of Education Tribunal, Punjab. She has published extensively and has attended and delivered talks in the conferences in India and abroad.
Monika Aggarwal is Professor at the University Institute of Applied Management Sciences, Panjab University, she has around 21 years of teaching and research experience. She got trained in writing case studies in FDPs organised by ISB-IVEY and IIM, Bangalore and has published and presented numerous research papers in conferences at national and international level including London and Thailand. She is Co-Investigator in the ICSSR research programme on Green Business Strategies and in ‘Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable Food Supplies’ sponsored by Research Councils, UK and the Global Challenge Research Fund led by the University of Cambridge, UK.
