Population Briefs
Title
The Critical Role of Social Capital During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Disaster Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-16-2020
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any experience humanity has endured. While the pandemic is certainly biological in nature, through the transmission of the novel coronavirus, the experience of the pandemic is inherently social. Researchers may not yet conceptualize pandemics as disasters, but we are beginning to see evidence that they are playing out in some similar ways (widespread social disruption, job loss in particular industries, economic hardship, and illness and death). Disaster researchers emphasize the importance of what is known as social capital, or, the resources (social, economic, emotional) accrued through ones’ social ties.
Relational Format
article
Recommended Citation
Parks, Vanessa, "The Critical Role of Social Capital During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Disaster Research" (2020). Population Briefs. 2.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/population_brief/2