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UNINA9910842498203321 |
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Chakraborty Subhas Ranjan |
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The Long 2020 : Reflections of Epidemiological Times / / edited by Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Paula Banerjee, Kaustubh Mani Sengupta |
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Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
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[1st ed. 2024.] |
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1 online resource (226 pages) |
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India Studies in Business and Economics, , 2198-0020 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BanerjeePaula |
SenguptaKaustubh Mani |
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Labor economics |
Population - Economic aspects |
Political science |
Economic policy |
Social policy |
Public health |
Labor and Population Economics |
Governance and Government |
Socio-Economic Policy |
Public Health |
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1. Introduction: Looking beyond the Immediate -- Part 1: Of Past and Futures of Studying Epidemics -- 2. ‘Longue Durée’, ‘Conjoncture’, ‘Event’: Notion of Plural Time in History (Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty) -- 3. Locating the Diseased Body (Paula Banerjee) -- 4. Structure, Agency, Temporality: Revisiting Historical Analyses to Study the Contemporary (Kaustubh Mani Sengupta) -- 5. The Island of the Day After: Digital Epidemiology, Artificial Intelligence and a Futuristic Governmentality (Iman Mitra) -- Part 2: Global and Local Response to 2020 -- 6. Global Capitalism and Corona Pandemic – In Search for Radical Solution (Byasdeb Dasgupta) -- 7. The Long 2020/21 in India: Models of Pandemic Management and Logistics of Governance (Amit Prakash) -- |
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Part 3: Refugees and Labouring Lives -- 8. Politics of Health in Post-Partition Calcutta: the Refugees, the Left movements and the Question of Life in the City (Priyankar Dey) -- 9. Guest Workers in Kerala: Is Welfarism Enough? (Jyothi Krishnan) -- 10. Long 2020 and the Informal Care Economy: Case studies of select Careworkers (Sabir Ahamed) -- Part 4: Literature and the Literary World -- 11. Epidemic and Bangla Literature: Tropes, Traces, Topographies (Samata Biswas) -- 12. Books — and the Time-Warp of Long-COVID (Ritu Menon). |
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This book looks at the current crises of life and livelihood following the global epidemiological crisis and various strategies to manage them as a long unfolding of past trends and future possibilities of epidemiological governance, restructuring of global economy, public health, systems of protection and care and the role of state in that, and precarities of the migrants and the refugees. It brings together scholars from different fields to think of our present in the time of COVID-19 pandemic in a longer temporal frame. The essays compiled in this book investigate issues mentioned above, covering a period from the colonial past to the postcolonial present with an aim towards encouraging scholarly debates on protection, care and justice. Although the experiences of last two years have inspired some very important academic and scholarly interventions, this book compiles original research to contextualise the present in a longue duree framework and arrive at a more complex understanding of it. It is a must-have resource for researchers of developmental studies especially in the above mentioned areas, as well as policy makers, think tanks and other non-governmental organizations interested in these areas. |
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UNINA9910595080403321 |
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Autore |
Giacomello Emiliana |
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Nutrition, Diet and Healthy Aging |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Biology, life sciences |
Food & society |
Research & information: general |
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Over the last 100 years, the numerous advances in science, the improved sanitary conditions and a decline in poverty have led to an increase in life expectancy. As a result, in the coming years, the number of over-65s will triple, and the over-80s will be the fastest growing portion of the population.However, an increased lifespan is associated with an increase in chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, sarcopenia, and degenerative disorders. Therefore, ideally, increased lifespan should be associated to a better healthspan, which is the period one individual is living in good health.Based on evidence that aging is a multifaceted phenomenon, resulting from one or more failures at the molecular, cellular, physiologic, and functional levels, age-related diseases are difficult therapeutic targets.Data on the correlation between the quality of one's diet and life expectancy, and the application of calorie restriction regimens, or of micronutrients, antioxidants and functional foods in the diet make nutrition, together with exercise, a natural weapon to combat age-related diseases and improve healthspan. |
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