Interruptions, interventions, and innovations in social services during Covid ‐19 in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12916635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Krittebas Paul (0000-0002-4090-2856, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology), Tulshi Kumar Das (0000-0002-3495-5900, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Social Work and Policy Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-1403 • E-ISSN: 1753-1411 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aswp.12305 |
| OpenAlex | W4390113767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
The COVID‐19 pandemic affected almost all sectors including the social services in Bangladesh. The authorities struggled to provide services to the pandemic‐affected people who suddenly lost their jobs, falling into a state of poverty. This study aims to investigate interruptions, interventions, and innovations in government social services because of social policy responses during COVID‐19 considering different theoretical models of institutionalism. Following the qualitative method, the study conducted in‐depth interviews with 39 representatives of social service agencies that delivered services in the Sylhet district during the pandemic. The study finds that COVID‐19 interrupted social service programs leading to interventions and innovations based on the new situation that emerged. It reveals innovations like launching virtual service, introducing a hotline number for help seekers, creating WhatsApp and Messenger groups among the service providers, emphasizing community engagement, etc. in social services which seem to go along with the punctuated equilibrium model or the first‐order change that integrates new policies or innovations within the traditional institutional framework to deal better with the problems caused by COVID‐19. However, these initiatives were insufficient since pressing issues like mental health and domestic violence that substantially increased during COVID‐19 failed to draw the attention of the authorities
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Hotline · Political science · Poverty · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Service (business · Social Welfare · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Taxation and Compliance Studies · Marketing
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Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design
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Sustainable Development Goals and Social Service Programs in Bangladesh
Frozen Landscapes’ Revisited
Have Social Policy Responses to Covid-19 Been Institutionalised
Social Policy Responses to Covid-19 in the Global South
Pandemic, lockdown and the stalled urbanization of welfare regimes in Southern Africa
Social protection responses by states and international organisations to the Covid-19 crisis in the global South
Social protection responses to Covid-19 in Africa
Re-thinking the coronavirus pandemic as a policy punctuation
Covid-19 in Bangladesh
Beyond path dependency
Social policy in the face of a global pandemic
The practice of social research
Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |