Inequalities, Youth, Democracy and the Pandemic

Simone Maddanu is Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida, USA. His research explores social movements, immigration, Islam in Europe, common goods and modernity. He is co-author of Restless Cities on the Edge: Collective Actions, Immigration and Populism (2021) and co-editor of Global Modernity from Coloniality to Pandemic: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (2022).Emanuele Toscano is Associate Professor of Sociology at Marconi University of Rome, Italy. His research focuses on inequalities, subjectivation processes, and social movements. He is editor of Researching Far-Right Movements: Ethics, Methodologies, and Qualitative Inquiries (Routledge, 2019) and author of numerous journal articles and book chapters.

“Maddanu and Toscano’s book daringly broaches multiple facets of the COVID-19 crisis. Its originality lies in its impressive international range combined with in-depth case studies. It investigates the plight induced by the pandemic but also social actors’ capacity of action, thus permitting theorical and empirical accounts. The book brings into relief three central issues which stand uppermost among current social concerns: inequalities, youth and democracy. It will undoubtedly constitute a precious resource for both social scientists and the wider public.”Daniele Joly, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK“The COVID-19 pandemic has not only been a major global health emergency but also a social and political event that has exacerbated inequalities in society while shedding light on deep-seated social conflicts and triggering new ones. This edited collection brings together social scientists from different world regions to look at the evolution of grievances and conflicts during the pandemic, from the impact of the emergency on social movements to its fuelling of new forms of discrimination. Rigorously researched and rich in geographic coverage, this volume is a precious resource to navigate the global landscape of post-pandemic.”Paolo Gerbaudo, Reader in Digital Politics, King’s College London, UK

• 1 Sociology of the Pandemic PART I: Pandemic and Inequalities, Gender, Migrants and Disabilities 2 The exacerbation of inequalities in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and its effects within and across households 3 Malaysian Indian Women Living in Poverty and the Challenges of the Pandemic in Malaysia 4 “Rebuscarse la Vida”: The Resourcefulness of Latinas Navigating COVID-19 in Philadelphia 5 The Sociology of Migration in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Barriers to Integration in Greece 6 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Disability Services in Japan: Analysis of Administrative Panel Data 7 Images of Pandemic Inequality in Brazil PART II: Pandemic and Youth 8 COVID-19-Related Life Events and Life Satisfaction Among Young People in Finland 9 Generational Inequalities in Multiple Crises: Pandemic and Italian Youth on the Edge 10 The COVID-19 Emergency and University Students: An Analysis of Effects from Inequalities in Cultural and Socioeconomic Capital 11 The Digital (In)Equity Crisis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Narratives from the Field 12 Generation Z and Civic Engagement in a Pre- and Post-Vaccine World PART III: Pandemic, Social Movements, and Democracy 13 How Did the Pandemic Shape the Dynamics of Two Civic Communities?: Unraveling Complementarities and Divergences Within Spain’s Civic Culture 14 Moral Panic, Spanish Rroma, and Political Contestation during the COVID-19 Health Crisis 15 The Anti-vaxxer Attitude as a Socially Rooted Thought-Style 16 “Feminism is the Real Plague”: The Spanish Radical Right Antifeminism during the COVID-19 Pandemic