Season 2, Episode 5: Claire Decoteau on the COVID-19 Emergency and the Failure of Pandemic Response

from The Global Health Politics Podcast · host Joseph Harris

Send us Fan MailIn this podcast episode, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Illinois-Chicago Professor of Sociology Claire Decoteau. They discuss her latest book - Emergency: COVID-19 and the Uneven Valuation of Life - which explores how and why the city of Chicago failed to protect its most vulnerable citizens in its pandemic response. In the process, they explore the changing landscape of global health and sociology and the implications for democracy and health.

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