Globalisation and Pandemic Management

Chris L. Peterson, PhD, has an Adjunct appointment in the Department of Social Inquiry, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia. He specialises in work-related stress, chronic disease and epilepsy and has published extensively in these areas, including several books. He has also recently published the book Identifying and Managing Risk at Work: Emerging Issues in the Context of Globalisation. He primarily undertakes quantitative research, but also engages with qualitative research. He is a co-investigator on a six-wave longitudinal study of the social aspects of epilepsy and has been chief investigator or co-investigator on a number of large grants.

• I Introduction1. Society and its institutions prior to COVID-192. Globalisation and sociological contributions: The impact of COVID-193. Neoliberalism in a new orderII Specific effects of COVID-194. COVID 19 and Globalisation: The reconstitution of the global world5. The impact of COVID-19 on national and global health and safety at work (OHS)6. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on work, technology and social relations7. The growth of digitisation, metrics and automation8. Implications for the world of the management of COVID-19III Changing impact on Globalisation due to COVID-199. COVID-19 and Climate Change10. Growth of the green industry, labour and the labour process11. Changes in local, national, and global labour markets12. Gender, COVID-19 and changing Globalisation13. Labour process and socio-political contexts: A view to the future

"How did globalization shape the COVID-19 pandemic? How has the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped globalisation? In addressing these questions Chris Peterson presents a comprehensive analysis of the dramatic global social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. He surveys in thirteen engaging and accessible chapters how COVID has impacted on the world of work, patterns of inequality, gender relations, technological change, the global political economy and not least climate change. Arguing that the pandemic era is not yet over he offers valuable prescriptions regarding future pandemic management whilst also reflecting upon the significant lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the design of effective global and national responses to the multiple threats and challenges - from the climate emergency to AI - confronting humanity. A terrific contribution to making sense of our era of polycrisis or permacrisis."Emeritus Professor Tony McGrew, Strathclyde University UK"Many books on COVID have been written, wondering how, why, and now what. Peterson’s welcome and readable retrospect takes a much-needed deep sociological dive."Emeritus Professor Ronald Labonté, University of Ottawa, Canada"Dissecting topics from health and safety at work, climate change, and gender inequities, he constructs an accessible analysis on the global consequences of COVID-19 and through the clear conclusions of each chapter, Peterson shows us that hindsight provides a depth of knowledge. Following the effects of the pandemic retrospectively and providing a comprehensive analysis of next steps, Globalisation and pandemic management: issues and outcomes from COVID-19 provides a view to the future, exploring the many lessons provided by the COVID-19 pandemic and showing that we must use this information to overcome future global events."Matilda Lawson, "Globalisation and COVID-19", The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 24, Issue 11, 1198; https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(24)00621-2