Social Fairness in a Post-Pandemic World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9789811996535 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Hikari Ishido; Jiro Mizushima; Masaya Kobayashi

Opis

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 combines political, economic, historical, philosophical, and cultural analyses to examine whether it is possible to envision a “fair society” after the global COVID-19 pandemic. 

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Hikari Ishido is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate School of Global and Transdisciplinary Studies, Chiba University; director of Chiba University Bangkok Campus (in Thailand); and director general of the APEC Study Center Japan.

Jiro Mizushima is Professor of History of European Politics and Comparative European Politics at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University, Japan. He heads the University’s flagship research project “New Frontiers of Studies on Fair Society: Values and Public Vision in the age after COVID-19.”

Masaya Kobayashi is Professor of Political Philosophy, Public Philosophy, Positive Psychology, and Comparative Politics at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University, Japan. He heads Chiba University’s Research Center on Public Affairs and represents multiple academic networks related to his specializations above.

Xiaofang Zhang is Assistant Professor from China at Chiba University, Japan.. She specializes in environmental policy and conducts multiple research projects under the University’s flagship research project “New Frontiers of Studies on Fair Society: Values and Public Vision in the age after COVID-19.”

Blurb

“This is a timely book, exploring the vicissitudes of COVID 19 around the globe through the lens of fairness. The pandemic has revealed how much wellness is tied to fairness. The combination of conceptual, philosophical, legal, empirical, and regional perspectives can inform discussions at the local, national, and international levels.”

—Isaac Prilleltensky, Former dean of the School of Education and Human Development and former vice provost for Institutional Culture at the University of Miami, USA
 
“Can we talk about justice without hypocrisy or self-defeat in face of the vast human suffering demonstrated by a global pandemic? This book, in short, is an answer.”

—Kiichi Fujiwara, Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo, Japan

“This accessible volume presents interdisciplinary investigations of pressing questions. The authors invite us to examine what it means to live in a fair society and explore this concept as applied to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
 
—Alexander Nanni, Associate Dean for International Affairs, Mahidol University International College, Thailand

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.