1st Edition
State, Society, and Covid-19 in East Asia
1. Introduction
Yida Zhai
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
Hidehiro Yamamoto
3. The Paradox of Successful Government Responses to COVID-19 in South Korea
Youngho Cho and Gi-Woo Roh
4. Chinese Citizens’ Voices in the Shadow of COVID-19
Yida Zhai
Part 2: Comparative Perspectives on State-Society Relations in East Asia
5. Asian Values and Restrictions on Freedom
Hidehiro Yamamoto
6. Do Values Prioritizing the Group over the Individual Influence East Asian People’s Thought about the Role of the State during the Pandemic?
Taisuke Fujita
7. Does Rawls’ Perspective Influence East Asian People’s Thinking about the Role of the State during the Pandemic?
Taisuke Fujita
Part 3: Beyond the National Boundaries
8. A Comparative Study of the Citizen Assessments of COVID-19 Governance in Japan, South Korea, and China
Sang-Jin Han
9. Access to Information and Approval of Domestic and Neighboring Countries’ Pandemic Responses
Yida Zhai
Biography
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.
