Impact of COVID-19 on social policy: a literature review in the social and human sciences


Nassimov M. Paridinova B. Abikenov Z.
2024Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw

Problemy Polityki Spolecznej
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COVID-19 has paralysed many countries’ social and economic lives. COVID-19 has pushed the world towards drastic social distancing and sterilisation measures to limit the spread and impact of the infection. However, it remains unclear what the long-term physical, psychological, socio-economic, and political decisions will be and their consequences. Scientists today have a great responsibility to study this period. Therefore, expert data contributes to the individual and collective development of citizens. The analytical method used in this study involved a theoretical analysis of publications on social and human sciences from the Scopus database, mainly focusing on the year 2020, to develop a framework for understanding the societal repercussions of the pandemic. The study defines a wide range of social consequences and effects of COVID-19, shows the impact pandemic on education in the context of social policy, establishes the socio-political and economic consequences of COVID-19, and substantiates psychological reactions to COVID-19. A review of the literature can help determine the impact of COVID-19 on social policy. Based on the analysis of the papers, it can be concluded that COVID-19 has increased inequality, widened the gap between the rich and the poor, and threatened the stability of society in low-income countries.

COVID-19 , pandemic , social and human sciences , social consequences , social effects

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Department of Law and Social Disciplines, Bolashak University, Kazakhstan Department of Philosophy and Social and Humanitarian Disciplines, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kazakhstan
Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Methods of Primary Education, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kazakhstan
Department of Philosophy and Social and Humanitarian Disciplines, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kazakhstan

Department of Law and Social Disciplines
Department of Pedagogy
Department of Philosophy and Social and Humanitarian Disciplines

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