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Группа авторов. Social Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Social Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Insights
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Capitalism, the ecological crisis and the creation of pandemics
2 Why politics matters
The origins of COVID-19
Epidemiological impact of COVID-19
Social work and the search of a new commons
3 Neoliberal social work and COVID-19
4 COVID-19 and social inequalities
Introduction
Social inequalities kill: pandemic, poverty, racism and gender
Final reflections
5 Social work responds to COVID-19
6 Social work and the COVID-19 crisis in the United States
The situation in the United States and the government’s response
Social work and the COVID-19 crisis
Social movements and social workers respond to the crisis
Summary: social work and our future challenges
7 Business as usual?
Resisting the pandemic: Chilean social work organisations’ responses
What’s coming next?
8 Social work responses to COVID-19 in Brazil
9 Social services, social work and COVID-19 in Palestine
Introduction
The psychological and social consequences of the epidemic in Palestine
Social work response to coronavirus (COVID-19)
Obstacles and challenges
10 Social work and COVID-19 in South Africa
COVID-19 in South Africa
Formal social work responses
Progressive social movement and social work responses
Conclusion
11 The extent of the COVID-19 crisis in South Korea
Social work responses. Lockdown
Solidarity among social workers
Quarantine in live-in facilities
Innovative social work practices
Digitalisation of social work service
The importance of psychological prevention
Reassessment of key workers
12 Social work and COVID-19 in Greece
Government’s response and society
The social work’s response and solidarity’s initiatives in the COVID-19 era in Greece. Social work in the frontline
Community-based responses and solidarity
13 The extent of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone
How COVID-19 came into Sierra Leone
Government response
People and community response to government policy and actions
Political unrest from opposition parties and effect on the people
Human rights abuses and reasons for increased fear and violence
The effects on Salonian lives
What social workers have been doing
14 Class, inequality and the COVID-19 pandemic
Notes
15 Still left holding the baby
16 Working with women receiving social services during COVID-19
COVID-19 and domestic abuse
What are child protection services noticing?
COVID-19 and mothers in court
COVID-19 and women in poverty
Going forward, a radical shift
17 Black Lives Matter
18 Roma communities’ experiences of racism during the COVID-19 pandemic
Housing
Health
Education
Employment
Increased racism
Conclusion
19 Re-racialisation of migrants and the ‘refugee crisis’ during COVID-19
Violating ‘non-refoulement’: new pushback of refugees in territorial waters and new detention regimes
New challenges, new struggles, new hopes
20 Rethinking right and wrong
Introduction
COVID-19 and the crisis of ethics
Social workers’ ethical challenges: an international study
Rethinking right and wrong
Reinventing the social work relationship
Concluding comments: beyond business as usual towards a new solidarity
Acknowledgements
Conclusion
References
