Fighting COVID-19 in Hong Kong: The effects of community and social mobilization.

Autor: Wan KM; Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong., Ka-Ki Ho L; Department of Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong., Wong NWM; Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong., Chiu A; Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: World development [World Dev] 2020 Oct; Vol. 134, pp. 105055. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105055
Abstrakt: The globalized world economy has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic since early February 2020. In the midst of this global public health crisis, a prompt review of the counterinsurgencies that have occurred in different jurisdictions is helpful. This article examines the experience of Hong Kong (HKSAR), which successfully limited its number of confirmed cases to approximately 1100 until early June 2020. Considering the limited actions that the government has taken against the pandemic, we emphasize the prominent role of Hong Kong's civil society through highlighting the strong and spontaneous mobilization of its local communities originating from their experiences during the SARS outbreak in 2003 and the social unrest in 2019, as well as their doubts regarding the pandemic assessments and recommendations of the HKSAR and WHO authorities. This article suggests that the influence of civil society should not be overlooked in the context of pandemic management.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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