{"title":"What is the Relationship between COVID-19 and the Movement to ‘Defund the Police’?","authors":"Richardson Dilworth, Timothy P. R. Weaver","doi":"10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1NQ.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1NQ.24","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter argues that the profound instability and disruption that has been brought about because of the COVID-19 pandemic has established conditions for the ‘defund the police’ idea to shift from the margins of political debate into the mainstream. It elaborates how George Floyd's murder became a unique catalyst that facilitated diffusion of the ‘defund’ idea across cities in the United States and across the world. It also looks at social forces that seized the opportunity to make demands that would have fallen on deaf ears in the absence of the disruptive effects of COVID-19. The chapter explores the relationship between fundamental causes and contingent factors in the case of COVID-19 and the George Floyd killing to better understand the dynamics of policy change. It cites examples of disruptions associated with COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":201569,"journal":{"name":"Volume 1: Community and Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130924013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Travails of Rohingya Refugees in the Largest Bangladeshi Refugee Camp","authors":"D. Chattoraj, A. Ullah, M. Hossain","doi":"10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1NQ.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/J.CTV1T4M1NQ.21","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter focuses on life in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, where experiences of social exclusion and 'Othering' have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It refers to a combination of extreme health challenges, crowding, and a dramatic loss of economic livelihoods that were caused by restrictions placed on interactions between those in the refugee camp and those outside. It also recounts health experts that warned that if the virus reached the world's largest refugee camp, it would spread like wildfire and Bangladesh might become devastated by COVID-19 due to the arrangements of camp settlements. The chapter points out that the population density in the Rohingya camp is more than 100,000 people per square mile and sanitation options are scarce. It mentions the groceries, kiosks, health centers, and schools that are all located within the camps, making congestion worse.","PeriodicalId":201569,"journal":{"name":"Volume 1: Community and Society","volume":"139 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115537906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Street Vendor Struggles: Maintaining a Livelihood Through the COVID-19 Lockdown in Hanoi, Vietnam","authors":"S. Turner, Nguyen N. Binh","doi":"10.1332/policypress/9781529218879.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529218879.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter takes an intersectional approach to examining experiences of migrant street vendors in Hanoi. It emphasizes how pre-existing conditions of migration status, low-income, and informal working arrangements amplified the challenge of maintaining livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also draws on semi-structured interviews with 31 street vendors in Hanoi, which were completed between May and July 2020 as COVID-19 restrictions relating to the first wave were lifting and before the second wave hit. The chapter focuses predominantly on migrant vendors and their already precarious situation on the city's streets, comparing their responses with long-term resident vendors. It discusses urban informal livelihoods and inequality, analyzing how the interlaced axes of migrant woman or man, low socio-economic class, and informal worker created specific inequalities and/or barriers for individuals attempting to maintain urban livelihoods during the pandemic in Hanoi.","PeriodicalId":201569,"journal":{"name":"Volume 1: Community and Society","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132358458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}