Social movements and politics during covid-19 : crisis, solidarity and change in a global pandemic
(eBook)

English

10.51952/9781529217254

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply shaken societies and lives around the world. This powerful book reveals how the pandemic has intensified socio-economic problems and inequalities across the world whilst offering visions for a better future informed by social movements and public sociology. Bringing together experts from 27 countries, the authors explore the global echoes of the pandemic and the different responses adopted by governments, policy makers and activists. The new expressions of social action, and forms of solidarity and protest, are discussed in detail, from the Black Lives Matter protests to the French Strike Movement and the Lebanese Uprising. This is a unique global analysis on the current crisis and the contemporary world and its outcomes.

Breno Bringel is Professor of Sociology at Rio de Janeiro State University and President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Classes and Social Movements. Geoffrey Pleyers is FNRS Professor at the University of Louvain and Vice-President for Research of the International Sociological Association.