Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. Introduction: Preexisting Conditions 1
5. PART I Diagnosing the Crises
6. PANDEMICS AS HISTORY 15
7. IT’S THE GEOGRAPHY, STUPID! Planetary Urbanization Revealed 23
8. GLOBAL INEQUALITY AND THE CORONA SHOCK 41
9. THE JOB OF CRITICAL THINKING NOW 53
10. PART II Essential Work
11. “THE SUPPLY CHAIN MUST CONTINUE” 59
12. THE ENDURING DISPOSABILITY OF LATINX WORKERS 73
13. FAST FOOD, PRECARIOUS WORKERS 81
14. MOTHERS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE PANDEMIC 91
15. WORKING IN CHINA IN THE COVID- 19 ERA 99
16. INDIA IN COVID- 19 A Tragedy Foretold 115
17. PANDEMIC SECURITY AND INSECURITY IN THE GULF 133
18. HIDDEN VULNERABILITY AND INEQUALITY The COVID- 19 Pandemic in Singapore 143
19. ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC ON GENDER INEQUALITY AND GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA 151
20. PART III Policing and Protest
21. CIVIL RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL The Fight Against Racism Has Always Been Global 157
22. RAGE AND UPRISING 171
23. DEFUND THE POLICE AND REFUND THE COMMUNITIES 179
24. POLICING’S HISTORY ARGUES AGAINST REFORM 189
25. CAN I GET A WITNESS? 201
26. AS AMERICAN AS CHILD SEPARATION 209
27. PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY GO GLOBAL 217
28. PART IV Viral Biopolitics
29. TO HEAL THE BODY, HEAL THE BODY POLITIC 227
30. AMERICAN ELDERCIDE 237
31. THE WORLD IS A FACTORY FARM 245
32. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS 255
33. RISK FOR “US” OR FOR “THEM”? The Comparative Politics of Diversity and Responses to AIDS and COVID- 19 265
34. THINK LIKE A VIRUS 275
35. PART V Pandemic Lives
36. FOR THE LOVE OF STRANGERS 287
37. WHERE IS SHE? 293
38. GRIEF CIRCLING 305
39. IN CHINA, PANDEMIC DIARIES UNITE AND DIVIDE A NATION 309
40. PART VI Private Crises in Public Spaces
41. THE VIOLENCE OF URBAN VACANCY 317
42. THE LIMITS OF TELECOMMUTING 327
43. A QUIET DISASTER Mexico City, Mexico 339
44. HEALTH SELF- DEFENSE IN A SÃO PAULO FAVELA 343
45. EMERGENCY URBANISM 353
46. A CRISIS TOO BIG TO WASTE What Comes After Private Housing Fails? 363
47. PART VII The Failure of the State
48. COVID BLINDNESS 373
49. FIVE LESSONS FOR DEMOCRACY FROM THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC 383
50. CAN DEMOCRACIES HANDLE SYSTEMIC RISKS? 393
51. THE VULNERABLE FOUNDATIONS OF INDIA’S URBANISM 399
52. PANDEMICS IN THE POST- GRID IMAGINARY 409
53. PANDEMIC DÉJÀ VU 419
54. COVID- 19 IN A BORDER NATION 431
55. PART VIII Alternative Futures
56. ARE WE IN DENIAL ABOUT DENIAL? 449
57. CAN THE CROWD SPEAK? 461
58. THE PANDEMIC’S BRIEF DISASTER UTOPIA 469
59. BUILDING A SOCIETY THAT VALUES CARE 481
60. REBUILDING SOLIDARITY IN A BROKEN WORLD 491
61. PART IX Further Reading
62. PANDEMIC SYLLABUS 501
63. CONTRIBUTORS 515
64. SOURCE CREDITS 529
65. INDEX 535