The new common : how the Covid-19 pandemic is transforming society / Emile Aarts, Hein Fleuren, Margriet Sitskoorn, Ton Wilthagen, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aarts, Emile, Editor.

Contributor:

Wilthagen, A. C. J. M. (Antonius Cornelis Johannes Maria), 1960- editor.

Aarts, Emil, editor.

Fleuren, Hein, editor.

Sitskoorn, Margriet, editor.

Series:

Economics and Finance Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects.

COVID-19 (Disease).

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Springer Nature 2021

Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This open access book presents the scientific views of some fifty experts on how they believe the COVID-19 pandemic is currently affecting society, and how it will continue to do so in the years to come. Using the concept of a common (in the sense of common values, common places, common goods, and common sense), they elaborate on the transition from an Old Common to a New Common. In carefully crafted chapters, the authors address expected shifts in major fields like health, education, finance, business, work, and citizenship, applying concepts from law, psychology, economics, sociology, religious studies, and computer science to do so. Many of the authors anticipate an acceleration of the digital transformation in the forthcoming years, but at the same time, they argue that a successful shift to a new common can only be achieved by re-evaluating life on our planet, strengthening resilience at an individual level, and assuming more responsibility at a societal level.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Preface

How to Read This Book

Contents

Contributors

1: The Dawn of a New Common

It Turns Out to Be a Pandemic and Quite Scary

Replacing an "Old Common" With a "New Common"

How COVID-19 Challenges the Old Common

Towards a New Common

References

2: Covid-Spiracy: Old Wine in New Barrels?

Research on Conspiracy Theories

The Debate on Twitter

Conclusion

3: Do Not Pass Up the Opportunity!

The Socialization Function

Enhancing Our Educational Profile

Democracy and the Rule of Law

4: Internet Access as an Essential Social Good

Internet Access as a Pragmatic Necessity for Other Rights

Poverty

Social Deprivation

Education

5: In-Work Poverty in Times of COVID-19

Flexible Workers Have a Higher Chance at In-Work Poverty

Effects of the Crisis on the Income of Vulnerable Groups

6: Being a Collective Jeremiah: The Academic Responsibility to Clarify How Not All Is Well

All Souls Matter

The Centrality of Hope

The Prophetic Role of Universities

7: COVID-19 and the Secular Theodicy: On Social Distancing, the Death of God and the Book of Job

Classical Theodicy

Secular Theodicy

Deification

The Biblical Book of Job

Concluding Thoughts

8: Online Proctoring Put to the Test

Privacy: The Need for a Fair Balance

Lawful Processing of Personal Data

9: Experiences of People with an Intellectual Disability, Their Relatives, and Support Staff with COVID-19: The Value of Vital Supportive Relationships

The Academic Collaborative Center Living with an Intellectual Disability

Experiences and Needs

Supportive Relationships

Equal Collaboration Between Science and Practice

References.

10: Labor Supply and Well-Being During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Crisis in the Netherlands: Lessons from Microdata

Data: The LISS Panel

The Number of Working Hours

The Differences Between Men and Women

Well-Being and Mental Health

11: The Economy, Nature, and the Meaning of Life After the Coronavirus Crisis

Towards a New Social Order

Nature as a Teacher

Epilog

12: Litigating the Crisis: Towards a Rebalancing of the Rights of Investors Versus Public Interest?

The Current Crisis

Fighting Back

Litigating This Crisis

13: Plus Ça Change...? How the COVID-19 Crisis May Lead to a Revaluation of the Local

The normality of global flows - and crises

The Enduring Importance of Place

The Need for a Differentiated Response

The Local as Part of the Global: Glocality

In Sum: ... Plus C'est la Même Chose?

14: Perspectives on the Common: The Input of Literature

The Insight of the Novel

The Role of the Author as Spokesperson

The Contemporaneity of Literature

15: Shaping the Post-COVID-19 Agenda: A Call for Responsible Leadership

The Need to Challenge Capitalism in Its Current Form

The COVID-19 Crisis as Trigger

Towards Inclusive Capitalism

Joining Forces to Create the New Common

A Call for Responsible Leadership

16: The Sciences During the New Common: A Missed Opportunity?

What Is Science?

A Special Method of Finding Things Out

The Societal Value of Efficiently Finding Things Out

17: Growing Up in Times of COVID-19: When a Window of Opportunity is Temporarily Closed

Attainment of Developmental Tasks

Independence from Parents

Promoting Developmental Growth in the New Common

18: To Solve the Coronavirus Crisis: Click Here

Settling Societal Issues Through Technology

Inherently Political Technologies

19: The Comeback of the Old Theological Narratives During the Coronavirus Crisis: A Critical Reflection

The Nature of Redemption

The Mystery of Evil

Human Unavailability

20: Rethinking Education in a Crisis: How New Is a New Common Really?

The "Old" Common

The "New" Common

AI in Education

21: Involve Residents to Ensure Person-Centered Nursing Home Care During Crises Like the COVID-19 Outbreak

Nursing Home Lockdown

Social Relationships

Visiting Arrangements

Loved Ones Visiting Again

Residents by Proxy

Involve Residents and Loved Ones

22: Crisis Information Management: From Technological Potential to Societal Impact

COVID-19 and Information Management

From Potential to Impact

Information as Aid

Enabling the New Common Through Information

23: Efficient Scientific Self-Correction in Times of Crisis

Scientific Self-Correction

Reproducibility Checks as an Efficient Self-Correction Mechanism

Detecting Reproducibility Problems

Closing Remarks

24: Fortified Nudges? Protecting the Vulnerable in a Post-COVID Society

Inevitable Dependency

Insufficiency of Voluntary Measures

Fortified Nudges

25: Can AI Help to Avert the Environmental Great Filter?

The COVID-19 Crisis

The Climate Crisis and Hybrid Intelligence

How to Avoid the Entropic Abyss: A Case for Hybrid Intelligence

26: Values and Principles as Cornerstones of a Renewed Normal

To Roll Back Crisis Solutions

Socially Distanced: A Metaphor for a Renewed Legal System

Values and Principles Underlying the Renewed Normal

27: A New Democratic Norm(al)? Political Legitimacy Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Analytical Strategy

Results

28: Balancing Public Health and Economic Interests Whilst Creating New Opportunities for Labor Migrants

The Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers

Responses on the Position of Migrant Workers

Revamping the Debate Post-Corona

29: Is COVID-19 a Crime? A Criminological Perspective

The Effects of COVID-19 on Criminal Activities

Rethinking Our Response to Crimes That May Facilitate Future Pandemics, Particularly Wildlife Trafficking

Systemic Inequalities and the Impact of COVID-19

30: There Is an App for That: Technological Solutionism as COVID-19 Policy in the Global North

The Solutionist Approach to the Pandemic

Lessons of Solutionism

31: Fast Forward Science: Risks and Benefits in the Rapid Science of COVID-19

Rapid Peer Review

Open Access

Errors and Retractions

Open Data

Registrations

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Afterword.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-030-65355-2

OCLC:

1244536504