COVID-19: Social policies put to the test by the pandemic

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down, testing social cohesion. Many social measures had to be reinvented and redeployed, particularly for those hardest hit by the crisis. What can we learn from this unprecedented period? What trends are emerging in the medium and long term, particularly for the most vulnerable groups? What will remain of the individual and collective initiatives that have emerged and what lessons can we draw from them to think about the social policies of tomorrow? To answer these questions, this work brings together works highlighting the extent of the social impact of the pandemic, as well as the responses provided to it. Paying particular attention to the dialogue between research and social policies, this book also includes interviews conducted with those responsible for social and health action at the federal, cantonal and municipal levels, as well as with research teams. The objective is to help stimulate this dialogue by highlighting its importance and challenges in managing the pandemic. The result of a collaboration between the academic world and the sphere of public policies, this work is aimed both at teachers, researchers and students, as well as at professionals and those responsible for social action and sanitary.