Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Stigma has long been a central concern for social scientists studying health and illness. Yet, in existing work, stigma often escapes definition and clarification, is treated as universal and constant, and becomes a vague catch-all term for a range of conditions and situations.This book initiates a process of recalibrating the conceptualisation of stigma. The book features original analyses from early- and mid-career...

ePUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book examines how and why experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain varied according to ethnicity.Drawing from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), the book compares the experiences of ethnic and religious minority groups and White British people in work and finances, housing and communities, health and wellbeing, policing and politics, and racism and discrimination in Britain. Using unri...