The Unequal Pandemic
COVID-19 and Health Inequalities
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-1-4473-6123-7 (ISBN)
Description
Rated as a top 10 book about the COVID-19 pandemic by New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/07/best-books-about-covid-19-pandemic
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC- ND
It has been claimed that we are 'all in it together' and that the COVID-19 virus 'does not discriminate'.
This accessible, yet authoritative book dispels this myth of COVID-19 as an 'equal opportunity' disease, by showing how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and inequality.
Drawing on international data and accounts, it argues that the pandemic is unequal in three ways: it has killed unequally, been experienced unequally and will impoverish unequally.
These inequalities are a political choice: with governments effectively choosing who lives and who dies, we need to learn from COVID-19 quickly to prevent growing inequality and to reduce health inequalities in the future.
COVID-19 is an unequal pandemic.
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC- ND
It has been claimed that we are 'all in it together' and that the COVID-19 virus 'does not discriminate'.
This accessible, yet authoritative book dispels this myth of COVID-19 as an 'equal opportunity' disease, by showing how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and inequality.
Drawing on international data and accounts, it argues that the pandemic is unequal in three ways: it has killed unequally, been experienced unequally and will impoverish unequally.
These inequalities are a political choice: with governments effectively choosing who lives and who dies, we need to learn from COVID-19 quickly to prevent growing inequality and to reduce health inequalities in the future.
COVID-19 is an unequal pandemic.
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen, 4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
219 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-6123-7 (9781447361237)
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Additional editions
Clare Bambra | Julia Lynch | Katherine E. Smith
The Unequal Pandemic
COVID-19 and Health Inequalities
E-Book
06/2021
1st Edition
Policy Press
€104.99
Available for download
Clare Bambra | Julia Lynch | Katherine E. Smith
The Unequal Pandemic
COVID-19 and Health Inequalities
E-Book
06/2021
1st Edition
Policy Press
€0.00
Available for download
Persons
Clare Bambra is Professor of Public Health, Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University.
Katherine Smith is Professor of Public Health Policy at University of Strathclyde.
Julia Lynch is Professor of Political Science at University of Pennsylvania.
Katherine Smith is Professor of Public Health Policy at University of Strathclyde.
Julia Lynch is Professor of Political Science at University of Pennsylvania.
Content
Foreword - Kate Pickett
1. Introduction: Perfect Storm
2. Pale Rider: Pandemic Inequalities
3. Collateral Damage: Inequalities in the Lockdown
4. Pandemic Precarity: Inequalities in the Economic Crisis
5. Pandemic Politics: Inequality through Public Policy
6. Conclusion: Health and Inequality Beyond COVID-19
1. Introduction: Perfect Storm
2. Pale Rider: Pandemic Inequalities
3. Collateral Damage: Inequalities in the Lockdown
4. Pandemic Precarity: Inequalities in the Economic Crisis
5. Pandemic Politics: Inequality through Public Policy
6. Conclusion: Health and Inequality Beyond COVID-19