State, Society, and Covid-19 in East Asia

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-79208-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Asian Societies

This book elucidates state-society relations in East Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic from a comparative perspective.

Based on the findings of cross-national surveys in Japan, South Korea, and China, the book scrutinizes the dynamics of the state–society relationships in each country, examining trends of change in this relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Citizens’ attitudes toward individual freedom, the state’s anti-pandemic policies, vaccine hesitancy, and income redistribution policies across the three countries are compared revealing how public opinion in Japan, South Korea, and China during the COVID-19 pandemic provides a basis for understanding the complex relationship between state and society in East Asia.

Transcending national boundaries and uncovering citizens’ evaluations of their domestic and neighboring countries’ pandemic responses in East Asia, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in East Asian society and politics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fujita, Taisuke

Yamamoto, Hidehiro

Cho, Youngho

Han, Sang-Jin

Zhai, Yida

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  Part 1: Focus on Changes in State-Society Relations in Japan, South Korea, and China  2. Review of Japan’s Corona Policy: Interaction between the Government and Citizens  3. The Paradox of Successful Government Responses to COVID-19 in South Korea  4. Chinese Citizens’ Voices in the Shadow of COVID-19  Part 2: Comparative Perspectives on State-Society Relations in East Asia  5. Asian Values and Restrictions on Freedom  6. Do Values Prioritizing the Group over the Individual Influence East Asian People’s Thought about the Role of the State during the Pandemic?  7. Does Rawls’ Perspective Influence East Asian People’s Thinking about the Role of the State during the Pandemic?  Part 3: Beyond the National Boundaries  8. A Comparative Study of the Citizen Assessments of COVID-19 Governance in Japan, South Korea, and China  9. Access to Information and Approval of Domestic and Neighboring Countries’ Pandemic Responses

Über Autor(innen)

Taisuke Fujita is Associate Professor at Nagasaki University, Japan.

Hidehiro Yamamoto is Professor in the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Youngho Cho is Professor in Political Science at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea.

Sang-Jin Han is Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University, South Korea.

Yida Zhai is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Tsukuba, Japan.