This book is a novel contribution to academic discourses on the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and how it has impacted societies globally. It proffers an overview on the social development and political measures, from both the Global North and Global South, to prevent COVID-19's spread. It illuminates major social, political and economic challenges that already existed in different contexts and which are also currently being amplified by COVID-19. Curiously, this global pandemic has opened spaces for different actors, across the globe, to begin to fundamentally question and challenge the hegemony of the Global North, which sometimes is evident in social work. Linked to the foregoing and while reflecting beyond the pandemic and into the future, the book proposes that social work must become more political at all levels, and strive to transform societies, global social development efforts, and economic and health systems.
This contributed volume of 38 chapters discusses and analyses ethical, social, sociological, social work and social development issues that complement and enrich available literature in the socio-political, economics, public health, medical ethics and political science. It provides various case studies which should enable readers to gain insights into how countries have responded to the pandemic and learn how COVID-19 negatively impacted countries in different parts of the world. This book also provides a platform for the articulation of neglected and marginalized voices, such as those of indigenous populations, the poor, or oppressed. The chapters are grouped according to three main themes as they relate to research on the COVID-19 pandemic and social work in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America:
- Analysis: Social Issues and the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Strategies and Responses in Social Work: Globally and Locally
- Outlook: Looking Ahead Beyond the Pandemic
Intended to engage a global, diverse and interdisciplinary audience, The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development is a timely and relevant resource for academics, students and researchers in inter alia Social Work, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, and Development Studies.
Author(s): Maria do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves, Rebecca Gutwald, Tanja Kleibl, Ronald Lutz, Ndangwa Noyoo, Janestic Twikirize
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 485
City: Cham
Foreword
Preface
Contents
Contributors
About the Editors
Part I: Analysis: Social Issues and the COVID-19 Pandemic
1: COVID and Social Work Voices from India and Australia: Strategic and Meaningful Solidarities for Global Justice
1.1 Introduction: A World Turned Upside Down
1.2 Turning Around Dominance of Health Responses
1.3 Methodology
1.4 People and the State: Migrants, Refugees, and Citizens
1.5 Women, Mobility, and Violence
1.6 Digital Divide: Access to Communities and Social Work Practice
1.7 Role of Social Workers: Relief and Systemic Interventions
1.8 Conclusion
References
2: Examining Decent Work During COVID-19: With Reference to Female Migrant Workers in South Asia
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Review of Related Literature
2.2.1 Impact of Pandemic on Migrant Workers
2.2.2 Impact of Pandemics on Women Migrant Workers
2.3 Impact Assessment of COVID-19 on Women Migrant Workers in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
2.3.1 India
2.3.2 Nepal
2.3.3 Bangladesh
2.3.4 Pakistan
2.3.5 Summary of Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women Migrant Workers
2.4 Decent Work, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Women Migrant Workers
2.4.1 Decent Work: The Concept
2.4.2 COVID-19 Pandemic and Decent Work
2.4.2.1 Employment Conditions and Workplace Rights
2.4.2.2 Social Protection (Social Security and Occupational Safety and Health)
2.4.2.3 Social Dialogue
2.4.3 Policy Response by Countries
2.5 Social Work, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Women Migrant Workers
2.6 Conclusion
References
3: The Impact of COVID-19 on the ‘Culture of Deportation’ for Refugees from African Countries in Germany
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Culture of Deportation
3.3 Impact of the ‘Culture of Deportation’ on African Refugees in Germany
3.3.1 Threat of Deportation as a Legal Barrier to Participation in Society
3.3.2 Physical Insecurity
3.3.3 Status Insecurity and Threat of Deportation as a Cause for Mental Disorders
3.4 Impact of the ‘Culture of Deportation’ on Involuntary Returnees in African Countries
3.4.1 Forceful Discontinuation of a Stage of Life
3.4.2 Disconnection from Local Communities and Barriers to Reintegration
3.5 Impact of COVID-19 on the ‘Culture of Deportation’
3.5.1 Suspension and Continuation of Deportations
3.5.2 Health Risks
3.5.3 Lack of Information and Counselling
3.6 The Role of International Social Work
3.7 Discussion
References
4: Corona Challenging Social Work in Korea and Vietnam
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Korea
4.2.1 COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea
4.2.2 Main Impacts of the Pandemic
4.2.2.1 Travel Restrictions
4.2.2.2 Isolation and Quarantine
4.2.2.3 Contact Tracing
4.2.2.4 Social Distancing
4.2.2.5 Treatment
4.2.2.6 State Planning and Public and Private Cooperation
4.2.2.7 Economy
4.2.3 Role of Social Work in Korea During the Pandemic
4.3 Vietnam
4.3.1 Role of Social Work
4.4 Conclusion
References
5: COVID-19 Safety Measures and Socioeconomic Status in Urban Zimbabwe
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mobility, A Global Pandemic, and Zimbabwe’s Reaction
5.3 Socioeconomic Status and Access to Information
5.4 Mobility-Based Livelihoods, Precarity, and the Lockdown
5.5 Physical Space, Personal Hygiene, and COVID-19
5.6 Conclusion
References
6: Face Mask Wearing in Kampala, Uganda
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Data and Methods
6.3 Results
6.3.1 Distribution of Respondents
6.3.2 Proportion of Respondents Wearing a Face Mask in Public Spaces to Prevent COVID-19 Infection
6.3.3 Relationship Between Selected Variables and Knowledge, Perception of Risk to COVID-19 Infection, and the Efficacy of Face Masks
6.3.4 Determinants of Knowledge, Perception of Risk to COVID-19 Infection, and Efficacy of Face Masks
6.4 Discussion
6.5 Conclusions
6.6 Limitations
6.7 Recommendations
References
7: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Responses on Persons with Disabilities Including Psychosocial Disabilities in the Global South: The Case of Ghana
7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 Impact of the Global Pandemic on PWDs
7.1.2 Economic Challenges
7.1.3 Educational Challenges
7.1.4 Healthcare Challenges
7.2 Provisions to Protect PWDs
7.3 Addressing Discrepancies in Emergency Responses
7.4 Recommendations and Conclusion
References
8: Lockdown in a Dual Society: Exploring the Human Capability Implications of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Africa
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Conceptual Framework
8.3 South Africa: A Dual Economy in Transition
8.4 South Africa’s Dual Healthcare System
8.5 South Africa’s Socioeconomic Response to COVID-19
8.6 Human Capability During COVID-19: A Critical Analysis
8.7 Conclusion
References
9: The Exposition of the Stark Realities of an Unequal Society Based on the COVID-19 Pandemic
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Background on Inequality in South Africa
9.3 COVID-19 and Inequality in South Africa
9.3.1 Challenges in the Health Sector
9.3.2 COVID-19 Exposing the Impact of the Divide in the Education System
9.3.3 The Effects of the Business Shutdown on the Vulnerable Population
9.4 Socioeconomic COVID-19 Response by Government, Civil Society, Business, and Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) in South Africa
9.4.1 Civil Society and Ubuntu to Combat COVID-19
9.4.2 Business Responding to the Call to Combat COVID-19
9.4.3 NGOs: The Pulse of the Community During the Pandemic
9.4.4 Social Work Intervention as a Mechanism of Curbing the Effects of COVID-19
9.5 Adversities Versus Coping Mechanisms
9.6 Conclusion
References
10: The COVID-19 Crisis: Impact of Social Attitudes and Representations on Social Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Social Attitudes and Representations of Health and COVID-19
10.2.1 Concept of Attitude
10.2.2 Concept of Social Representations
10.2.3 Attitudes and Social Representations in the Study of Coronavirus
10.3 Cultural Representations and Practices
10.3.1 Cultural Dimension
10.3.1.1 The Ethnography of Greeting in Africa
10.3.1.2 Wearing a Face Mask
10.3.1.3 The Endogenous Approach to Diseases in Africa
10.3.2 The Impact on the Informal Economy
10.3.3 Social Inequalities in Relationship to COVID-19
10.4 Conclusion
References
11: Knowledge, Adherence, and the Lived Experiences of Refugees in COVID-19
11.1 Introduction and Background
11.1.1 Rationale for This Research
11.2 Methods
11.2.1 Key Findings
11.2.1.1 Knowledge and Awareness of COVID-19
11.2.1.2 COVID-Related Myths and Perceptions
11.2.1.3 Compliance to Preventive Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
11.2.1.4 Implementers’ Interpretation and Enforcement Experiences
Lessons Learnt
11.2.1.5 Community Resources, Systems, and Their Contribution in the COVID-19 Era
11.3 Conclusion
11.4 Recommendations
11.5 Implications for Social Work Practice
References
12: The Impact of COVID-19 Among the Vulnerable Population of Children and Youth in Lesotho: The Circle of Courage Perspective
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The Situation of Children and Youth in Lesotho
12.3 Circle of Courage
12.4 Sense of Belonging: COVID-19 Impact Analysis on Children and Youth in Lesotho
12.5 Mastery: COVID-19 Impact Analysis on Children and Youth in Lesotho
12.6 Independence: COVID-19 Impact Analysis on Children and Youth in Lesotho
12.7 Generosity: COVID-19 Impact Analysis on Children and Youth in Lesotho
12.8 Conclusion/Building Circle of Courage Through Resilience
References
13: Analysing the Situation of Migrants and Social Work Interventions in South Africa During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
13.1 Introduction
13.2 COVID-19 in South Africa: A Backdrop
13.3 Living Conditions of Migrants During the Lockdown
13.4 Xenophobia During a Pandemic
13.5 Social Workers Working with Migrants
13.6 Social Work Interventions Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
13.7 Social Work and Migrants in a Post-COVID South Africa: A Call to Action
13.7.1 Human Rights, Social Work, and Migrants
13.7.2 Building Migrants’ Resilience
13.7.3 Enhancing Indigenous Social Work Practice
13.8 Conclusion
References
14: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on International Migration in Brazil: Normative, Economic, and Social Issues
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Normative Analysis
14.3 Economic Analysis
14.4 Social Analysis
14.5 Perspectives
14.6 Final Remarks
References
15: From the Absence of Public Policies to a State of Emergency: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Migrant Subject Condition
15.1 Introduction
15.2 The Migrant’s “Subject of Rights” Condition
15.3 Conclusion: State of Emergency Resulting from the Pandemic and the Absence of Public Policies for Migrants in Brazil
Appendix
References
16: Social Justice in the Time of COVID-19: Transcend Borders—From the Micro to the Macro, from Patagonia Argentina to the World
16.1 Introduction
16.2 The Pandemic Challenges Us to Think of the Other as a Brother
16.3 Spearhead Social Justice
16.4 Social Work: Post-challenges
16.5 Conclusion
References
17: Colombian Women Between the Pandemic and Armed Conflict and Poverty
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Poverty and Illegal Armed Groups
17.3 Domestic Violence and Patriarchal Structures
17.4 Challenges for Social Work in Pandemic Times
17.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Part II: Strategies and Responses in Social Work: Globally and Locally
18: Ecuador’s and Iran’s Response to Protect Refugees and Migrants in Vulnerable Situations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Part I: A Look at the Situation of Migrants and Refugees in Ecuador and Iran Before and During the Pandemic
18.3 Part II: Common Actions Adopted by Ecuador and Iran to Protect the Migrant and Refugee Population in the Framework of the COVID-19 Pandemic
18.3.1 In the Migration Field
18.3.2 In the Welfare Field
18.3.3 In the Field of International Cooperation
18.4 Part III: Analysis of the Measures of the Ecuadorian and Iranian States Implemented for Protecting Venezuelan and Afghan Migrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic
18.5 Discussion
18.6 Conclusions
References
19: “Am I an Essential Worker?” COVID-19 and (Re)shaping of the Social Work Profession in Uganda
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Social Work in Uganda: A Brief Overview
19.3 Methods and Sources of Data
19.4 Social Workers’ Experience of Being Excluded from the “Essential Services”
19.5 Why Social Work Was Not Considered Essential
19.6 Effect of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Social Work Services Functionality
19.7 Positive Contributions of Social Workers to the COVID-19 Response
19.8 Missed Opportunities and Missing Links as a Result of Excluding Social Workers
19.9 Positive Outcomes and Opportunities: More Recognition for Social Work?
19.10 Conclusions and Implications
References
20: Responses of Social Work Students and Teachers to COVID-19: Experiences from Crisis Relief in Urban Slum and Rural Communities of Maharashtra, India
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Corona Crisis: Background
20.3 The Indian Context
20.4 Project Jeevan Pravaah
20.5 Community Mapping
20.5.1 Initial Lack of Appropriate Information and Relief Work
20.5.2 Challenges in Raising Funds, Providing Relief, and Advocacy
20.5.3 Arranging Livelihood Documents
20.5.4 Women’s and Children’s Situation
20.5.5 Mental Health
20.6 Directions for the Future
20.6.1 Support for the Most Vulnerable: Women
20.6.2 Strengthen Local Self-Governance
20.6.3 Social Security Provision
20.6.4 Advocacy
References
21: COVID-19, Hyper Vulnerabilities, Silenced Traumas, and Colonial Scars: Social Work Scholars Engaging in Critical Dialogue with Racialized Communities
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Vulnerability, Colonial Scars, and the Resurfacing of Historic and Silenced Traumas
21.3 Methodological Approach
21.4 Our Testimonies
21.4.1 Sophie Hamisultane: Tensions of Being Directly Impacted Versus Fostering a Reflexive Process
21.4.2 The Recurrence of Vulnerability
21.4.2.1 Roxane Caron: Vulnerabilities and Trouble in the Insider/Outsider Positionality
21.4.2.2 COVID-19: Deepening Conditions Lived, Imposed, and Attributed
21.4.2.3 “I Am a White-Settler-Woman”
21.4.3 Edward Ou Jin Lee: Crisis Upon Crisis, Silenced Traumas, and the Insistence of Collective Survival
21.4.4 Mobilizing for Change Within Social Work Programs: How to Give Voice, How to Be Heard?
21.5 Discussion–Conclusion
21.5.1 Reflecting on the Question of Belonging, Borders, and Coloniality
References
22: The Kerala, India Experience of Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic
22.1 Introduction
22.2 The Model State and Its Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
22.3 The Kerala Story of Development
22.4 Decentralized Governance and People’s Participation
22.5 Kudumbashree as the Subsystem of Local Governments
22.6 Conclusion
References
23: Responding to COVID-19 and Beyond: Key Recommendations for the Effective Public and Mental Health Response to Support the Well-Being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia
23.1 Preface
23.2 Introduction: The Role of Colonisation and Historical, Political, and Social Determinants of Health During Pandemics
23.3 COVID-19 and the Need to Mobilise
23.4 Public Health Responses to COVID-19
23.4.1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group (ATSIAG) on COVID-19
23.4.2 The Go8 ‘Roadmap to Recovery’ Report and the Care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
23.4.2.1 Core Recommendations of the ‘Roadmap to Recovery’ Report
Support the Right to Self-Determination
Increase Housing Supply and Access
Maintain COVID-19 Public Health and Clinical Responses
Implement Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Review
23.5 The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health and an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Recovery Plan
23.5.1 Recommendation 1: The Right to Self-determination
23.5.2 Recommendation 2: The Health and Mental Health Workforce
23.5.3 Recommendation 3: Social and Cultural Determinants of Health
23.5.4 Recommendation 4: Digital and Telehealth Inclusion with Immediate Attention to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Helpline
23.5.5 Recommendation 5: Evaluation that Includes Indigenous Data Sovereignty
23.6 The Continuity of COVID-19: Where to from Here?
References
24: COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria: A Story Worth Telling from the Eyes of Social Workers
24.1 Introduction
24.2 The COVID-19 Experience and the Reality of the Nigerian Healthcare System
24.3 Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
24.3.1 Prior Preparedness
24.3.2 Lockdown Measures and a Ban on Mass Gathering
24.3.3 Provision of Palliatives and Stimulus Packages
24.3.4 Fiscal Policy Measures
24.4 Private Sector Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
24.5 Factors That Worsened the Spread of the Pandemic and Its Attendant Socioeconomic Crisis
24.5.1 Insufficient Palliatives/Faulty Distribution Pattern
24.5.2 Poverty
24.5.3 Illiteracy, Misinformation, and Distrust of the Government
24.5.4 Unclear Directives
24.5.5 Civil Unrest and Violence
24.6 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nigerians
24.7 The Nigerian Social Welfare System and the Place of Social Work Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
24.8 Managing Post-COVID-19: New Paths for Social Workers
24.9 Conclusion
References
25: COVID-19 Pandemic and the Urban Poor: The Relevancy of Uganda’s Social Protection Measures
25.1 Introduction
25.1.1 Concepts Used in This Chapter
25.1.1.1 Urban Poor
25.1.1.2 Social Protection
25.1.1.3 Social Security
25.1.1.4 Social Assistance
25.2 Response to COVID-19 Crisis by the Government of Uganda
25.3 Social Protection During Pandemics
25.4 Social Protection Policies and Programmes in Uganda
25.5 Non-state Social Protection
25.6 Uganda’s Emergency Assistance During COVID-19
25.6.1 Food Relief
25.6.2 Suspending Disconnections of Utility Bills and Eviction of Tenants
25.7 Conclusion
References
26: Social Work as an Unwitting Enabler of Oppression and Disenfranchisement of the Masses: A Freirean Analysis of Social Workers’ Perspectives on the Government of Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 Response
26.1 Introduction
26.2 Social Work and Its Social Justice Mission
26.3 The Social Work, Politics, and Social Justice Nexus
26.4 Freire and Social Work
26.4.1 Critical Consciousness
26.4.2 No Room for Neutrality
26.4.3 Praxis
26.4.4 Critical Curiosity
26.4.5 Social Workers Must Be Competent
26.4.6 Impatient Patience
26.4.7 Understanding of the Limits of Social Work Practice
26.5 Methods
26.6 Presentation and Discussion of Findings
26.6.1 Suppression of Critical Views
26.6.2 ‘Political Neutrality’
26.6.3 Horizontal Violence
26.6.4 Oppressive Practice
26.7 Implications for Critical Social Work Practice
26.8 Conclusion
References
27: The Professional Practice of the Brazilian Social Worker: Problems About the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
27.1 Introduction
27.2 Constitutive Aspects of the Sanitary, Political, Economic, and Social Scenario in Brazil
27.3 Brazilian Social Work: Organization and Direction
27.4 Impacts on Professional Practice in Pandemic Times: Idiosyncrasy and Loneliness
27.5 Final Considerations
References
28: Front-Line Social Workers’ Practices Under the Political and Sanitary Crisis in Chile
28.1 Introduction
28.2 Chile’s Political and Social Climate Pre-COVID-19
28.3 Methodology
28.4 Results and Discussion
28.4.1 Employment Conditions
28.4.2 Neoliberalism and Program Changes
28.5 Conclusions
Appendix (Table 28.3)
References
Part III: Outlook: Looking Ahead Beyond the Pandemic
29: Time for New Epistemological Inquiries, the Global South, and Resilience in the Time of COVID-19
29.1 We’ve Run Out of Air
29.2 Learning from the Virus
29.3 Approaches for Finding a Solution
29.3.1 The Collectivity
29.3.2 Safeguarding Life
29.3.3 When Subalterns Organize Themselves
29.3.4 The Hispanic Paradox
29.4 Epistemologies Are Relocating
30: Decolonising Safeguarding During a Pandemic: Lessons for Research Praxis in International Social Work
30.1 Introduction
30.2 Methodology
30.3 Safeguarding Lessons in Praxis during COVID-19
30.3.1 Understanding the Concept
30.3.2 COVID-19 Safeguarding Impacts on Service Planning and Delivery
30.3.3 Power Dynamics and Capacity
30.4 The Urgency for Decolonising Safeguarding Praxis in International Social Work and Research
30.5 Results: Key Takeaways from Working in a Pandemic for Future Improvement
30.5.1 Co-Creating Safeguarding Policy and Practice
30.5.2 Co-Design and Project/Research Planning
30.5.3 Co-Design and co-Delivery
30.6 Conclusion: An Outlook for Future Critical and Political Social Work
References
31: Participatory Photography, Ethical Storytelling, and Modern Slavery Survivor Voices: Adapting to COVID-19
31.1 Key Findings
31.2 Research Context
31.3 Initial Project Aims and Expectations
31.4 The Impact of COVID-19 on the Project
31.4.1 Adaptations Made to Workshops in Kenya
31.5 Adaptations to Overall Project
31.5.1 Positive and Negative Consequences of Adaptation
31.6 Conclusion and Considerations for Future Projects
References
32: Social Work in the Time of a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Need for Resilience-Critical Thinking
32.1 Introduction
32.2 Resilience Critique and Social Work in Times of COVID-19
32.2.1 A Brief Resilience-Critical View of Social Work and Its Systemic Relevance
32.3 Thoughts for Social Work in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond, Incorporating Critical Theory and Post-Modernism
32.3.1 Social Work from the Top and Related Difficulties During the COVID-19 Pandemic
32.3.2 No Resilience-Critical Social Work without Critical Thinking Canons
32.4 Ideas for the Development of Resilience-Critical Social Work in Times of Crisis
32.5 Conclusion
References
33: A Social Work and Social Development Perspective on the Need to Decolonise African Economies in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Africa
33.1 COVID-19: A Health Crisis with Devastating Economic and Social Consequences
33.2 Poverty and Social Work
33.3 The Social Development Approach: An Antithesis to Neo-liberalism
33.3.1 Social Development Is an Approach That Goes Beyond the Narrow Confines of Social Work
33.3.2 Social Development Is Interventionist
33.3.3 Social Development Is Multisectoral
33.3.4 Social and Economic Development Are Interlinked Aspects
33.3.5 Social Development Is Universal and Inclusive
33.4 Rethinking Social Development: Lessons for a Post-COVID-19 Socioeconomic Agenda for Africa
33.4.1 The Current Global Economic Arrangements of Neo-liberalism Are Not Sustainable and Are Incompatible with Social Development
33.4.2 Globalisation Has Its Advantages But Makes Africa Vulnerable
33.4.3 African Countries Need to Delink from the Global Economy
33.4.4 Epistemic Delinking Is a Necessary Precursor to Economic and Political Delinking
33.4.5 Social Work Needs to Adopt a Radical Shift Towards a Community Development Bias to Meaningfully Contribute to Social Development
33.4.6 Address the Rural Development–Urban Divide
33.5 Conclusion
References
34: Critiquing Western Development Paradigms and Theories in the Age of the Coronavirus (COVID-19): An African Perspective
34.1 Introduction
34.2 The Quest to Develop Africa: Backdrop and Context
34.3 Theoretical Premises of the Chapter
34.3.1 Defining Development
34.3.2 Underdevelopment
34.3.3 Paradigms and Theories
34.4 The Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and Africa’s Underdevelopment
34.5 COVID-19 and Development
34.6 Africa: A Curious Case for COVID-19
34.7 Proposals for an Alternative Development Agenda for Africa Post COVID-19
34.8 Conclusion
References
35: How Has Population Health Been Amplified Through Integrated Indigenous Community Networks? Opportunities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
35.1 Introduction
35.2 Indigenous Self-Determination for Emergency Response
35.3 Collectivity for the Amplification of Population Health
35.4 Challenges and Final Remarks
References
36: Soup Kitchens and Radical Social Work Against COVID-19 from Liberation Theology in Chile
36.1 Introduction
36.1.1 Chile 2020: Crisis of the Political-Economic Model, Constitutional Plebiscite, and Pandemic
36.1.2 COVID-19 and Food Safety
36.1.3 Radical Social Work
36.1.4 Grassroots Christian Movements and Liberation Theology in Chile
36.2 Villa Francia and La Legua
36.2.1 Cristo Liberador Community and the Soup Kitchen
36.2.2 Committee for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights of La Legua and the Soup Kitchen
36.3 Method
36.4 Findings
36.4.1 Praxis Develops in the Public Space
36.4.2 Networks of Trust and Collaboration as the Basis of Radical Social Work in the Pandemic
36.4.3 The Possibility of Having Transformational Spaces
36.5 Conclusion
References
37: Overcoming the Socioeconomic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Social Work Perspectives and Postcolonial Reflections from Ethiopia
37.1 Setting the Context: The Coronavirus Pandemic, Socioeconomic Instability, and Political Conflicts in East Africa and the Horn of Africa
37.2 Attempts to Develop Epistemologies of the South
37.3 Health Crisis in the Context of Colonial Continuities
37.4 Introduction to the Development of Social Work in Ethiopia
37.5 Effects of COVID-19 on Social Development and Social Work in Ethiopia
37.6 Empirical Data on COVID-19 Social Work Responses in Ethiopia
37.6.1 Methods: Data Collection and Analysis
37.6.2 Social Work in the Context of Multiple Crises: Voices of Social Workers from Ethiopia
37.6.3 Methodological Reflections from the Epistemologies of the South
37.7 Decolonial Interventions: Discursive Construction of Vulnerability and Victimhood of Africa and the Need for Postcolonial Political Reform from Below
37.8 Conclusions for Postcolonial Social Work Research and Practice
References
38: Concluding Remarks and Summation
38.1 Introduction
38.2 Key Issues Emanating from the Chapters
38.3 Future Prospects for a Post-COVID-19 World
38.4 Conclusion
Epilogue
Index
