State, Society, and Covid-19 in East Asia [Hardcover]

1. Introduction??Part 1: Focus on Changes in State-Society Relations in Japan, South Korea, and China??2. Review of Japans 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 Peoples Thought about the Role of the State during the Pandemic?? 7. Does Rawls Perspective Influence East Asian Peoples 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

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

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 statesociety relationships in each country, examining trends of change in this relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Citizens attitudes toward individual freedom, the states 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 evaluatiol��