Social Stigma And The Pandemic: Key Challenges And Responses Across Greater Asia

Download or read book Social Stigma And The Pandemic: Key Challenges And Responses Across Greater Asia written by Satoshi Abe and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2024-10-02 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the focus is on five Asian countries/regions (Iran, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Japan) that show distinct approaches to combating infections. It specifically examines how the recent pandemic arose stigma in the context of history and sociocultural relations, how it is discussed and problematized among locals, and how disparate institutions and individuals mobilized to address it. A global comparative analysis across Greater Asia is presented in this book through the contributions of experts from multiple fields who have researched extensively in each region.