Covid-19 Responses of Local Communities Around the World - Exploring Trust in the Context of Risk and Fear

Presenting a wide range of international case studies, the contributors to this book study the impact of Covid-19 on the risks faced by communities around the globe.

List of contents

1 Negotiating trust, risk and fear during Covid-19 pandemic: Responses within local communities across the world 2 Trust and Modalities of Social Action in the Pandemic 3 Practicing Safe Eating during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong: A Trust in Action Perspective 4 State-led Covid-19 Governance and the Negotiation of Trust in Local Chinese Communities in the Greater Bay Area of China 5 Covid-19 responses of displaced slum dwellers in Delhi:Whom to trust and to rely on in times of sanitary and economic crisis? 6 Covid-19 responses of Women Solidarity Networks in Brazil: Levels of Protection and (Mis)Trust in a Polarized Society 7 Trust in business in times of Covid-19. The case of the Aubervilliers garment product wholesale market 8 Trust Beyond Binary Choices: Belgian Chinese Immigrants' Localization of 'Chinese Bubble' in the 'Belgian Bubble' in the COVID-19 Pandemic 9 "Fear not the want of armor, for mine is also yours to wear:" Trust and Community Cultivation for Risk Response of a Chinese Immigrant Group in the United States 10 Whom to trust? International migration, risks, and responses to the Covid-19 crisis in Mexico and Central America

About the author

Khun Eng Kuah is Distinguished Professor in the School of International Studies at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Gilles Guiheux is Professor of Sociology of China at the Centre d'Etudes en Sciences Sociales sur les Mondes Africains, Americains et Asiatiques, Université Paris Cité, France.
Francis K. G. Lim is Associate Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Summary

Presenting a wide range of international case studies, the contributors to this book study the impact of Covid-19 on the risks faced by communities around the globe.

Product details

• Authors: Khun Eng (Jinan University Kuah
• Assisted by: Gilles Guiheux (Editor), Guiheux Gilles (Editor), Francis K.G. Lim (Editor), Khun Eng Kuah (Editor), Kuah Khun Eng (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032270760
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227076-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Human Geography, Medical Sociology