Title Social fairness in a post-pandemic eorld : interdisciplinary perspectives / Hikari Ishido, Jiro Mizushima, Masaya Kobayashi, Xiaofang Zhang, editors

Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 270 pages) : illustrations Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Multi-layered and multi-dimensional viewpoints towards a Fair Society -- Part I Global perspective -- Chapter 2 Fairness in the Global Allocation System for the COVID-19 Vaccine COVAX: Limits to Affected Parties' Participation in Decision-Making -- Chapter 3 Environment and Economy after COVID-19: Focusing on Global Warming Issues -- Chapter 4 An Investigation Through Philosophy and Case Studies on Regional Integration, Migrants and Refugees, and the COVID-19 Crisis -- Chapter 5 Challenges and Possibilities for Global Economic Cooperation after COVID-19 - Focus on East Asia -- Part II Regional Focus -- Chapter 6 Social Justice and the Response to the COVID-19 Crisis in European Countries -- Chapter 7 Well-being and Fairness in the COVID-19 Crisis in Japan: Insights from Positive Political Psychology -- Chapter 8 COVID-19 Policy Response and Citizens' Well-Being in Australia -- Chapter 9 Mexico facing the COVID-19 pandemic: ineffective societal and governmental responses in a country with a high level of socioeconomic inequality and a precarious health system -- Chapter 10 APEC's Response to the COVID-19 Crisis and Social Justice -- Part III Thematic issues -- Chapter 11 COVID-19 and its impact on Women and Gender -- Chapter 12 Modern Japanese Literature and Infectious Diseases: Representations of Infectious Diseases and Social Justice in Literary Works -- Interim Conclusion Summary This book brings a much-needed re-examination of the concepts of social fairness and justice in light of the COVID-19 crisis. Through careful analysis of issues as diverse as the allocation of vaccines through the global system COVAX, women and gender, migrants and refugees, the environment, and social justice, the authors bring novel perspectives on openness, freedom, and well-being. This ambitious collection examines whether it is possible to envision a "fair society" after the global COVID-19 pandemic. Hikari Ishido is Professor of International Economics at Chiba University, Japan. Jiro Mizushima is Professor of History of European Politics and Comparative European Politics at Chiba University, Japan. Masaya Kobayashi is Professor of Political Philosophy, Public Philosophy, Positive Psychology, and Comparative Politics at Chiba University, Japan. Xiaofang Zhang is Assistant Professor from China at Chiba University, Japan Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 21, 2023) Subject COVID-19 (Disease) -- Vaccination -- Social aspects Social medicine. Equality. Equality Social medicine Form Electronic book Author Ishido, Hikari, 1969- editor. Mizushima, Jirō, 1967- editor. Kobayashi, Masaya, editor Zhang, Xiaofang, editor ISBN 9789811996542 9811996547

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