Globalization and the Fallout of the COVID-19 Pandemic

World, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 4 - 4

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted globalization by disrupting the course of international economic integration, reducing interpersonal interaction and communication, lessening significance global governance political interactions. This unprecedented event altered supply chains, MNEs’ operations FDI, trade patterns, it favored protectionist border policies. Meanwhile, travel restrictions social-distancing measures reduced human mobility hindered intercultural exchanges. study explores short-term long-term effects on while also reflecting its implications for social globalization. analysis underlines that encouraged many governments to assess their strategies vis-à-vis seeking a certain equilibrium between engagement, regional retreat, national seclusion. Despite adverse implications, some positive outcomes have emerged via COVID-19-induced digital transformation reconfiguration chains improve resilience against future exogenous shocks. exposed shortcomings current system emphasized necessity post-COVID-19 “re-designed” mitigate anti-globalization sentiments expand benefits across countries/geo-economic regions different segments society.

Language: Английский

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Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints

The MIT Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 1, 2023

A ground-breaking study on how natural disasters can escalate or defuse wars, insurgencies, and other strife. Armed conflict have plagued the twenty-first century. Not since end of World War II has number armed conflicts been higher. At same time, increased in frequency intensity over past two decades, their impacts worsened by climate change, urbanization, persistent social economic inequalities. Providing first comprehensive analysis interplay between conflict, Catastrophes, Confrontations, Constraints explores extent to which facilitate escalation abatement conflicts—as well as ways contexts combatants exploit these catastrophes. Tobias Ide utilizes both qualitative insights quantitative data explain link (de-)escalation presents thirty case studies earthquakes, droughts, floods, storms Africa, Middle East, Asia, Latin America. He also examines impact COVID-19 Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Philippines. is an invaluable addition current debates environmental stress, security. Professionals students will greatly appreciate wealth timely it provides for own investigations.

Language: Английский

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Impact of Ebola and COVID-19 on maternal, neonatal, and child health care among populations affected by conflicts: a scoping review exploring demand and supply-side barriers and solutions

Conflict and Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(1)

Published: Jan. 30, 2024

Abstract Introduction Armed conflicts have a severe impact on the health of women and children. Global emergencies such as pandemics disease outbreaks further exacerbate challenges faced by vulnerable populations in accessing maternal, neonatal, child healthcare (MNCH). There is lack evidence that summarizes conflict-affected pregnant women, mothers, children MNCH services during global emergencies, mainly Ebola COVID-19 pandemics. This scoping review aimed to analyze studies evaluating addressing barriers comprehensive affected conflict. Methods The search was conducted PubMed, Scopus, Web Science databases using terms related COVID-19, conflicts, MNCH. Original published between 1990 2022 were retrieved. Articles MNCH-related settings included. Thematic analysis performed categorize findings identify solutions. Results Twenty-nine met inclusion criteria. Challenges identified various domains, including antenatal care, intrapartum postnatal vaccination, family planning, management childhood illnesses. Ebola-related supply-side concerned accessibility issues, workforce constraints, adoption stringent protocols. has resulted access pertaining workforce, new service adoption. On demand-side, Ebola- COVID-19-related risks apprehensions leading care. Community constraints utilizing caused trust awareness. Demand-side included fear disease, language barriers, communication difficulties. Strategies partnerships, strengthening systems, innovation, community-based initiatives been employed overcome these barriers. Conclusion amplify populations. Cultural, linguistic, factors are key affecting domains. Community-sensitive enhancing primary care (PHC), mobile clinics, or outreach programs, integration into PHC delivery should be implemented. Efforts prioritize well-being empowerment Addressing crucial for achieving universal coverage Sustainable Development Goals.

Language: Английский

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A Convergence of Crises: Sudden Employment Loss and Black Lives Matter Protest Attendance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: April 1, 2025

The Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd’s murder during the summer of 2020 demonstrated an unprecedented scale mobilization against police violence. This has been theorized as a response to “triple crisis” brutality, coronavirus disease 2019, and its resulting economic downturn. authors provide analysis triple-crisis theory by analyzing how rapid health crisis recession related protest participation. They collect data on attendance sudden employment loss in 491 commuting zones United States find that is positively significantly associated with greater rates attendance. relationship not observed for other pandemic, indicating specific between brutality shock rather than general moment heightened contention. These findings expand social movement literature contemporary protests, examining interconnections systems injustice across issue areas.

Language: Английский

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Is presidential popularity a threat or encouragement for investors?

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 36(2)

Published: Oct. 7, 2022

The economic situation of the post-epidemic is facing huge downward risks, and government actively introduces stimulus measures to improve current situation. In this crisis, president's role in asset price gradually deepened. Hence, we utilise a wavelet-based quantile-on-quantile approach uncover complex unstable relationships between presidential popularity currency performance price. We find significant negative impact on stock market oil prices, especially medium quantile. This suggests that political stalemates will not always be suitable for financial markets. Instead, hinder investment because it expresses uncertainty direction. On contrary, U.S. dollar presents highly positive relationship with popularity. Investors can avoid trust risk president through adjustment portfolio. result consistent pricing model, suggesting investor sentiments significantly influence assets. Meanwhile, duration impacts caused by short-term shock eventually repaired long time. approval ratings harm sentiment short term, but digest over

Language: Английский

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Contention, cooperation, and context: A systematic review of research on disasters and political conflicts

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 108, P. 104558 - 104558

Published: May 14, 2024

Research on the impact of disasters conflict risks is burgeoning. We conduct a systematic review peer-reviewed studies topic published between 2000 and 2022 to take stock existing evidence identify knowledge gaps. The large majority (78%) provide at least some that (natural hazard-related) affect risk larger-scale political conflicts. 55% find increase risks, with support being particularly strong for low-intensity 23% argue decrease risks. strongly dependent context factors like previous instability, socio-economic inequality, effective governance, or external support. This serves as reminder disaster-conflict nexus deeply political. also consider causal mechanisms connecting Studies most relative deprivation (for higher risks) well disaster diplomacy resource constraints lower risks). findings vary considerably when distinguishing different types forms Furthermore, we note geographic imbalance: Almost all research focussing Africa Asia, while authors comes from Global North.

Language: Английский

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Humanitarian inversions: COVID‐19 as crisis

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 47(4), P. 850 - 865

Published: April 28, 2022

COVID-19 is a multi-spectral crisis that has added an acute layer over panoply of complex emergencies across the world. In process, it not only exposed actually-existing emergencies, but also exacerbated them as global gaze turned inward. As crisis, straddles and challenges boundaries between humanitarianism, development health - frames categories through which are so often understood intervened upon. Reflection on these fundamental is, we argue, important geographical endeavour. Drawing Geoffrey Bowker's analytical lens 'infrastructural inversion', explore how humanitarianism been upended by Covid-19 along two axes core concern to geographers: (1) spatial; (2) temporal. We first contextualise current debates humanitarian endeavour its future within recent research. then set out structure both imagined upon emergency. doing, pave way for deeper empirical analysis spatial temporal inversions have brought forth COVID-19. The paper concludes examining conceptual value 'inversion' in developing research agendas better attuned increasing porosity health.

Language: Английский

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Advancing “no natural disasters” with care: risks and strategies to address disasters as political phenomena in conflict zones

Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 32(6), P. 14 - 28

Published: Nov. 7, 2023

Purpose The notion that disasters are not natural is longstanding, leading to a growing number of campaigns aimed at countering the use term “natural disaster.” Whilst these efforts crucial, critical perspectives regarding potential risks associated with this process lacking, particularly in places affected by violent conflict. This paper aims present analysis efforts, highlighting need approach them care. Design/methodology/approach author draws upon insights and discussions accumulated over decade research into relationship between article includes literature review on disaster–conflict specifically addressing idea natural. field notes led second covering topics such as (de) politicisation, instrumentalisation, disaster diplomacy, ethics, humanitarian principles, risk reduction, peacebuilding conflict sensitivity. Findings underscores importance advocating natural, especially conflict-affected areas. However, an uncritical could lead unintended consequences, exacerbating social conflicts or obstructing disaster-related actions. also presents alternatives advance understanding whilst mitigating risks, embracing “do-no-harm” conflict-sensitive analyses. Originality/value offers innovative advancing but socio-political. perspective advocated, contexts, address root causes both conflicts. invites their peers practitioners prioritise reflective scholarship practices, aiming prevent unintentional exacerbation suffering working towards its reduction.

Language: Английский

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Deconstructing disaster risk creation discourses

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 111, P. 104682 - 104682

Published: July 16, 2024

Processes of disaster risk creation are outpacing the achievements reduction initiatives. Preventing is consequently an objective recognised by major frameworks. However, there exists a gap in our understanding processes contributing to creation, with existing body knowledge lacking conceptual clarification guide empirical applications. This review distils how scholarship either implicitly or explicitly theorises concept employing semi-systematic scoping strategy and thematic analysis global literature. Disaster inferred be process, set processes, through which constructed (by human actors) relation (socio-)natural hazards. Using scholarly enquiries into this discusses why risk-creating decisions emerge prevail, narratives obscure outcomes, initiatives can counterproductive their intents, extents tangibility factors. To avoid question continued establishment path dependencies, we identify need for future research look both at ongoing changeable, as well more distal, trajectory-setting processes. The outcomes have potential enrich advance application within field studies, inspiring further interrogation eventual deconstruction

Language: Английский

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Recovery for Development: A Multi-Dimensional, Practice-Oriented Framework for Transformative Change Post-Disaster

The Journal of Development Studies, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 59(1), P. 1 - 20

Published: Oct. 18, 2022

Disasters are a primary influence in the global development landscape given their unequal impacts across society and calls for transformative change aftermath. Recovering from disasters is one component of that coming under scrutiny. This especially so context COVID-19 pandemic, whose scale, scope, cascading effects mean uncertain prospects recovery will be complicated endure long term. has forced reappraisal what encompasses, who it for, how can better enable preparedness future disasters. Drawing upon interviews with community experts specializing different areas disaster governance, this paper focuses on lessons emerging recovery-related theory practice deriving pandemic. We elaborate multi-dimensional framework to support those working local planning within communities operating sectors. The captures interconnected issues six principal domains—communities, economic, infrastructure, environment, health, governance—representing key impact around which strategies multifaceted actions developed. suggest three-step process using systems approach develop strategy operationalizes addresses complexity long-term development.

Language: Английский

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