Pandemic States And Societies In The Asia-Pacific 2020–2021 Responding To Covid | Asian Studies

Hawksley and Georgeou bring together scholars and practitioners from across the region to analyse the main effects of the first two years of the COVID pandemic in a range of case studies from Southeast Asia East Asia South Asia and Oceania. The book provides a broad survey of how Indonesia Bangladesh Japan the Philippines Vietnam Nepal Australia Cambodia Taiwan and New Zealand attempted to manage the COVID pandemic; the challenges they faced; and how they fared. Drawing on insights from politics economics sociology law public health education and geography most authors are nationals of the cases they discuss. Written in non-specialist language ten case studies are examined providing a useful analysis of the first two years of COVID in the Asia-Pacific from the emergence of COVID in January 2020 to the lifting of restrictions in December 2021. Chapters focus on different issues according to the scholar’s academic expertise and a wide diversity of national pandemic experiences challenges and responses are showcased. An essential read for scholars and students interested in the areas of Asia-Pacific politics sociology and public health. Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. |Pandemic States and Societies in the Asia-Pacific 2020–2021 Responding to COVID | Asian Studies