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Caribbean countries have had to navigate multiple crises, which have tested their collective resolve through time. In this regard, the region’s landscape has been shaped by an interplay of vulnerability and resilience which has brought to the fore possibilities and contradictions. It is within this context that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic must be considered. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and the Caribbean, Volume 2: Society, Education and Human Behaviour provides a comprehensive, multi- and interdisciplinary assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, using the Caribbean as the site of enquiry. The edited collection mobilises critical perspectives brought to bear on research produced within and beyond the boundaries and boundedness of conventional academic disciplinary divides, in response to the multi-dimensional crises of our time. This volume is divided into four (4) parts consisting of twenty-three (23) chapters and weaves together fourbroad thematic strands: COVID-19 and Caribbean Society; COVID-19 Religion and Rights; Psycho-social Impacts of COVID-19; and Education, Innovation, and Technology. Authors working within and across the human, social, physical and life sciences consider the myriad effects of the health crisis in the region, interrogating these experiences from the granular to macro level, utilising inter and  multidisciplinary lenses.  Collectively, the chapters which constitute Volume II expose the fault lines in Caribbean societies, which are deeply rooted in the region’s history and delineate the precise ways in which the pandemic has transformed lives and livelihoods in the region. The culmination of this collection offers a reimagining of our Caribbean contemporary futures in the hope of finding home-grown solutions, avenues and possibilities.

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Author:   Sherma Roberts ,  Halimah A. F. DeShong ,  Wendy C. Grenade ,  Dwayne Devonish
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783031311215

ISBN 10:   3031311213
Pages:   561
Publication Date:   08 September 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Part I COVID-19 and Caribbean Society.- 1. Introduction.- 2. In the ‘Shadow’ of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Naming Gendered Violence in the Era of a Global Health Crisis.- 3. A Clinical Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 in Jamaica.- 4. Disrupted Economy and Sociality: Examining the Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 on Urban Low-Income Communities in Guyana.- 5. Social Capital in the Contexts of Barbados and Jamaica: The Crisis of COVID-19.- 6. The COVID-19 Incubator: Unpacking the Impact of the Pandemic on the Triple Vulnerabilities Experienced by Marginalised Communities.- 7. Spread and Severity of COVID-19: A Data-Driven Exploratory Analysis of Vulnerability in the Caribbean.- 8. Afflicted Verses for Afflicted Times: An Exploration of Olive Senior's Pandemic Poetry: First Wave.- Part II COVID-19 Religion and Rights.- 9. COVID-19 and Human Rights in Caribbean Prisons: Evidence from Barbados, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.- 10. Disruptions and Transformations: COVID-19 and Social Lives of Churches in Barbados.- 11. The Role of Faith-Based Organisations in Shaping Caribbean Responses to COVID-19 Public Health Measures.- Part III Psycho-social Impacts of COVID-19.- 12. Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior Model Predicting Vaccine Intentions: The Roles of Conspiracy Ideation and Risk Perception.- 13. COVID-19 and Women in the Informal Sector: The Psychological Impact.- 14. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Work-Life Balance of Women in Barbados.- 15. The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Caribbean.- 16. An Overview of the Psychosocial and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Their Parents in the Caribbean.- 17. Are Caribbean COVID-19 Policies Ageist? An Analysis from Barbados, Jamaica and the Bahamas.- Part IV Education, Innovation and Technology.- 18. Breaching the Education Boundaries: COVID, Classrooms and Shifting Technologies.- 19. Swimming Against the Tide, Flipped Upside Down: Navigating the Teaching and Learning Environment in the COVID-19 Pandemic.- 20. Locked Down or Locked Out? The Push and Pull of Maintaining Academic Integrity Using E-Proctoring Software.- 21. Social Media, the Communication Tool Used by Caribbean Public Health Entities During the Pandemic: An Examination.- 22. Pivoting Towards Emergency Remote Teaching: A Case Study of the Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity.- 23. COVID-19 and Big Data Research: Techniques and Applications in the Caribbean.- 24. Afterword: Re-imagining Caribbean Futures Post COVID-19.

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Sherma Roberts is Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Director (Ag.) School for Graduate Studies and Research at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She previously held the position of Deputy Dean Research in the Faculty of Social Sciences and was honoured to serve as the first Chairman of the Tobago Tourism Agency Limited 2017-2022. Sherma has co-edited 4 books, is the lead author of Contemporary Caribbean Tourism: Concepts and Cases and researches  and publishes in the area of sustainable tourism, community participation,  island tourism and tourism entrepreneurship. Halimah A. F. DeShong is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Her research  focuses on gendered violence, feminist methodologies, anti-colonial feminisms, and the analysis of talk and text. She is co-editor of Methodologies in Caribbean Research on Gender & Sexuality (Ian Randle Publishers 2021). She served at the Ambassadorial level at the United Nations, and has created policy and curriculum for Caribbean governments on gendered violence. Wendy C. Grenade is a Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, St. George’s University, Grenada.  She is a political scientist who specializes in International Relations and Comparative Politics. Professor Grenade critically interrogates topics such as regionalism, democracy, governance and security.  Her publications include over twenty peer-reviewed articles and an edited volume - The Grenada Revolution: Reflections and Lessons, which was published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2015. Dwayne Devonish is Professor of Management and Organisational Behaviour in the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management at the University of the West Indies, CaveHill Campus, Barbados.  His main research interests include organisational behaviour and psychology, work-related stress, health and wellness, human resource management, and strategic planning. In 2019, Professor Devonish was the lead author of the National Workplace Wellness Policy for Barbados which sought to inform the practice of workplace wellness programming across organisations. 

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