The Social Science of the COVID-19 Pandemic
2023
Abstract The book begins by overviewing the timeline of the pandemic and how it affected life, followed by a discussion of the ethics and legal aspects of the pandemic. It then discusses behaviors during the pandemic (e.g., social distancing, protesting) before discussing experiences during the pandemic (e.g., prejudice, well-being, stress, joblessness, family changes). Next, the book discusses outcomes after the pandemic (e.g., global outcomes, societal outcomes, and individual outcomes; these outcomes might be related to shifts in the economy, health, morality, politics). To compliment these theory-based sections, Section Five discusses best practices for conducting future studies during or about the pandemic.