Caring in Times of a Global Pandemic. Introduction

Autor(en)

Emma Dowling

Abstrakt

»Sorgen in Zeiten einer globalen Pandemie. Einleitung«. Caring in Times of a Global Pandemic investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to contain it in a cross-national perspective with regard to the areas of care, social reproduction, and affective security policies. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an existing crisis across different unpaid and paid domains of care and social reproduction. It revealed just who exactly keeps life going by doing the jobs that no society can do without. The management of the pandemic relied on significant swathes of unpaid or underpaid care work without sufficient consideration of the conditions under which this work is carried out and without providing sufficient resources and support. Self-organised practices of care and mutual aid in the pandemic potentially pointed to the possibilities of more progressive or even radical care infrastructures, while public welfare, health, and social care systems were vital in responding adequately and inclusively to the pandemic. In the wake of the pandemic, a key question is how capitalist economies will adjust, and how the pandemic may act as a catalyst for change. This article introduces the topic and presents the individual contributions to the HSR Forum.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Soziologie

Journal

Historical Social Research

Band

46

Seiten

7-30

Anzahl der Seiten

24

ISSN

0172-6404

DOI

https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.46.2021.4.7-30

Publikationsdatum

2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504023 Politische Soziologie, 504030 Wirtschaftssoziologie, 504014 Gender Studies

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

History, Sociology and Political Science, Allgemeine Sozialwissenschaften

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 10 – Weniger Ungleichheiten

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/98280822-ada5-4fe4-9728-c7cdeaef8517