Public Behavioural Responses to Policy Making during the Pandemic: Comparative Perspectives on Mask-Wearing Policies

ISBN-13: 9781032154275 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 280 str.

Suzuki, Noriko

Opis

This book provides a comparative study of people's behaviour towards state through mask wearing between European-Northern America and Asian countries. Filled with invaluable insights through research in 13 countries, this book will appeal to readers in policy making and influencing public opinion from the Europe-Asia comparative study.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Controversy in mask wearing 2. Public Awareness of Mask Usage in 29 Countries in 2020
Part 1: Europe 3. Historical analysis of public health policies for preventing epidemics in Hungary 4. The mask as a new political and symbolic issue in France in 2020: A qualitative analysis of news media controversies 5. Between ‘Mouth-Nose-Protection’ and ‘Muzzle’: Mask Wearing in German Public Debate 6. The Welfare State and COVID-19 Countermeasures: The Relationship of Trust and Cooperation between Citizens and Their Governments in Sweden and Finland 7. The Unlawful and Unequal Wearing of Masks: The Case of Poland during COVID-19 8. Attitudes Towards Mask Wearing in Greece 9. COVID-19 in British Columbia, Canada: health policy responses and social adaptation Part 2: Asia 10. Preventing the Pandemic: Face Masks and Infectious Diseases in Taiwan’s Modern History 11. Social values and mask-wearing behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan 12. COVID-19 Infection Control in China: The Chinese Crisis Management System and Mask Mandates 13. Public mask-wearing behaviour and perception towards COVID-19 intervention policies in Thailand: a mixed-methods study 14. The Consciousness of the Official Actions Concerning the COVID-19 in Cambodia 15. Conclusion: Comparative perspectives on mask-wearing policies and public behaviours