Covid 19 in Asia Law and Policy Contexts 1st Edition by Victor Ramraj ISBN 9780197553855 0197553850

1. A Short History and Thematic Overview

Part I: First Wave Containment Measures

2. China: Community Policing, High-Tech Surveillance, and Authoritarian Durability

3. Taiwan: Democracy, Technology, and Civil Society

4. Vietnam: Marshalling State and Non-State Actors

5. Spread of Information versus Spread of Virus: China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

6. Borders and Entry Controls in Asia

7. Central Banks and Their Limits in a Pandemic

Part II: Emergency Powers

8. Governing through Contagion

9. Pandemics and Emergency Powers in Asia

10. Japan: Keeping the Death Toll to the Minimum

11. Thailand: Emergency Responses or More Social Turbulence?

12. India: Federalism, Majoritarian Nationalism, and the Vulnerable and Marginalized

Part III: Technology, Science, and Expertise

13. International Health Regulations and Compliance in Asia

14. Can Technology and Privacy Co-Exist in a Pandemic?

15. Singapore: Technocracy and Transition

16. South Korea: Democracy, Innovation, and Surveillance

17. Hong Kong: The Healthcare Professions and the Outbreak

Part IV: Politics, Religion, and Governance

18. Religion amid the Pandemic: A Buddhist Case Study

19. Bhutan: The Role of the Constitutional Monarch in a Public Health Crisis

20. Cambodia: Public Health, Economic, and Political Dimensions

21. Indonesia’s Response to the Pandemic: Too Little, Too Late?

22. Malaysia: Improvised Pandemic Policies and Democratic Regression

23. Myanmar: Pandemic in a Time of Transition

24. Sri Lanka: Pandemic-Catalyzed Democratic Backsliding

Part V: Economy, Climate, and Sustainability

25. Governments and Business

26. Nationalism, Consolidation, and Rationalization in the Aviation Industry

27. Asian Trade and Supply Chain Linkages

28. Mongolia: After Successful Containment, Challenges Remain

29. Reset or Revert in the New Climate Normal

30. Southeast Asian Workers in a Just-in-Time Pandemic

Index