{"product_id":"9783030932305","title":"The Political Economy of Post-COVID Life and Work in the Global South: Pandemic and Precarity by Smytta Yadav","description":"This edited volume highlights cascading effects of the pandemic and lockdown  on informal economies of varied countries in the Global South. Uneven  development after colonization, imperialism, and externally influenced conflict  have caused many countries in the formally colonized or semi-occupied countries  in the world to lag behind in wealth accumulation, investments in manufacturing,  and technology. The fact that these countries were dragged into world market  dynamics on an equal footing with already developed countries exacerbated  these inequalities and saw the rapid burgeoning of informal economies. COVID-19  and the lockdown of western countries unravelled global production chains,  resulting in hordes of workers in the Global South losing their livelihoods. Even  people engaged in traditionally locally-bound economic activities, such as  domestic work and sex work, found their livelihoods disappear. This volume  brings together case studies from India, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to  analyze global economic disruptions as they affected informal sector workers  who were already largely invisible within state development policies. The chapters  question whether existing models of neoliberal development are still conducive  within the post-pandemic Global South as it grapples with rebuilding economies,  livelihoods, institutions, and systems of governance.?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310828335477,"sku":"9783030932305","price":74.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783030932305.jpg?v=1762815195","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9783030932305","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}