TY - CHAP
T1 - Social justice under COVID-19
T2 - A comparative study of health and socioeconomic policy responses in the Arab Mashreq and the Arab Gulf
AU - Aref, Ahmed
PY - 2023/3/22
Y1 - 2023/3/22
N2 - This chapter provides a critical overview on the patterns of health and socioeconomic policy responses in the Arab Mashreq and the GCC countries, from a social justice perspective. The social stratification and inheriting inequality in the Arab Mashreq affected the policy response, by favoring the economic support to big businesses, and depriving the poor from accessing quality health care, which shaped a class-based recovery. However, this disparity in the GCC policy responses in the health sector did not exist, since high-quality health care was provided to all. Moreover, the economic support was comprehensive and did not exclude small and medium-sized enterprises. However, the labor policy response undermined the social justice in the GCC pandemic response. Austerity measures were significantly directed toward the expatriate workers by reducing their numbers or cutting salaries and benefits. The chapter provides contextual analysis to draw a full picture of the structural factors that represent pressing determinants shaping different typologies of policy response in both regions.
AB - This chapter provides a critical overview on the patterns of health and socioeconomic policy responses in the Arab Mashreq and the GCC countries, from a social justice perspective. The social stratification and inheriting inequality in the Arab Mashreq affected the policy response, by favoring the economic support to big businesses, and depriving the poor from accessing quality health care, which shaped a class-based recovery. However, this disparity in the GCC policy responses in the health sector did not exist, since high-quality health care was provided to all. Moreover, the economic support was comprehensive and did not exclude small and medium-sized enterprises. However, the labor policy response undermined the social justice in the GCC pandemic response. Austerity measures were significantly directed toward the expatriate workers by reducing their numbers or cutting salaries and benefits. The chapter provides contextual analysis to draw a full picture of the structural factors that represent pressing determinants shaping different typologies of policy response in both regions.
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-7796-1_7
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-7796-1_7
M3 - Chapter or section
SN - 9789811977954
SN - 9789811977985
T3 - Gulf Studies
SP - 113
EP - 125
BT - Social change in the Gulf region: Multidisciplinary perspectives
A2 - Rahman, Md Mizanur
PB - Springer Singapore
CY - Singapore
ER -
