Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns: Global Debates from Humanities and Social Sciences

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Peter Sutoris (SOAS University of London, UK) Sinéad Murphy (Newcastle University, UK)

Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns

Global Debates from Humanities and Social Sciences

Peter Sutoris (SOAS University of London, UK), Sinéad Murphy (Newcastle University, UK), Aleida Mendes Borges (King's College London, UK) , Yossi Nehushtan (Keele University, UK)

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Routledge
30 November 2022

Public administration; Public opinion & polls; Public health & preventive medicine

Series: The Politics of Pandemics

Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns brings the vast analytical apparatus of the humanities and social sciences to the task of critically analysing the political decisions taken in 2020–21.

The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic left little time for critical debate about the impact of lockdowns. Across the world, governments claimed to ""follow the science"", but they rarely paid attention to the humanities and social sciences. Indeed, the absence of these perspectives is symptomatic of a longer-term trend in the marginalisation of the humanities and social sciences in policymaking and public debate. This book exposes the tragic consequences of this omission in 2020–21 and demonstrates the potential for a different path in the future – a path in which we pay attention to power, complexity, and our biases. The authors establish what these disciplines have to offer in a global emergency and how we can ensure they help us avoid the mistakes of 2020–21 in the future.

This original and interdisciplinary book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and researchers throughout the humanities and social sciences, including the fields of philosophy, sociology, anthropology, law, political science, and history, as well as relevant policymakers.

Edited by: Peter Sutoris (SOAS University of London UK), Sinéad Murphy (Newcastle University, UK), Aleida Mendes Borges (King's College London, UK), Yossi Nehushtan (Keele University, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781032193892
ISBN 10: 1032193891
Series: The Politics of Pandemics
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 30 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Sutoris is Assistant Professor in Education at the University of York, UK, and Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London, UK. He is an environmental anthropologist. Sinéad Murphy is an Associate Researcher in Philosophy at Newcastle University, UK. Aleida Mendes Borges is a Research Associate at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London, UK, where she leads the Women Grassroots Leaders research stream. She is a jurist, specialising in International Public Law (Human Rights). Yossi Nehushtan is Professor of Law and Philosophy, Founder and General Editor of the Keele Law Review, and Co-Director of the MA in Human Rights at Keele University, UK.

Reviews for Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns: Global Debates from Humanities and Social Sciences

This is an important book, which will become required reading for scholars and students of pandemic lockdowns. It is the first volume to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach from the humanities and social sciences which addresses as a totality the humanistic and social costs of lockdowns. By the end of the book, the reader is in no doubt that, had perspectives from the humanities and social sciences been incorporated into the pandemic response, the response would have been materially different - and this shift in perspective is a huge achievement. Toby Green, King's College London, UK This is an important contribution to issues which are being swept under the carpet - an impressive demolition of the social and moral case for lockdowns and a reminder of their devastating collateral consequences. Lord Jonathan Sumption, former judge of the Supreme Court of the UK