Social Stigma and the Pandemic: Key Challenges and Responses Across Greater Asia

by Satoshi Abe and Tai Wei Lim

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811284601
• ISBN13: 9789811284601
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"