COVID-19: Cultural Change and Institutional Adaptations

Download or read book COVID-19: Cultural Change and Institutional Adaptations written by J. Michael Ryan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COVID-19: Cultural Change and Institutional Adaptations provides critical insights into the impact of the pandemic on the relationship between cultures and institutions. The scholarship presented in this volume examines such important issues as the impact on health-care workers, changes in the interaction order, linguistic access, social stigma, policing, new understandings of social class, and the role of misinformation. Brought together, these insights can help us better understand both the micro- and macrochanges that have been brought about by the pandemic. Drawing on the expertise of scholars from around the world, the work presented here represents a remarkable diversity and quality of impassioned scholarship on the impact of COVID-19 and is a timely and critical advance in knowledge related to the pandemic.