Baharul Islam Laskar

Sociology of Covid-19 Pandemic Baharul Islam Laskar

This book on Sociology of Covid-19, tries to analyze and understand the dynamics of the pandemic. The emergence and rapid spread of Covid-19 throughout the world have posed new challenges in our understanding of communicable disease dynamics. Eighteen chapters in the book cover a wide range of themes both on the pandemic and its impacts, mostly contextualizing Indian society, which include interdisciplinary perspectives, sociology of the pandemics, globalization and novel diseases, dynamics of post-corona social reality, gender disparity, impact on society, problems of elderly, social stigma, effect on nutritional status, state-civil society relationship, effect on livelihood system, perceived management practices, effects on higher education, erosion of labour laws, impact on market, globalization of healthcare, health care, and impact on environment. Book is a product of the International Conference on Covid-19 held in 2020, at University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya, in collaboration with RC-12 (Sociology of Health, Ageing & Well-being) of Indian Sociological Society, University of Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology - Guwahati, FLAIR - New Delhi; & TRIBAC - Agartala.