Overview
- Considers the role of misinformation in aggravating both the sanitary situation and social tensions
- Evaluates the economic challenges that the pandemic brings to the region
- Examines the impact of Sinophobia in Central Asia and the future challenges this feeling may pose for the authorities
Part of the book series: The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia (SBSCA)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book aims at shedding light on the reasons why the death rates during the pandemic were so high in Central Asia. More specifically, this book proposes analysis on why individuals did not follow the sanitary rules imposed by their respective government and on the role played by misinformation. Secondly, it also examines the impact of Sinophobia in Central Asia and the future challenges this feeling may pose on the authorities in the near future. Lastly, this book also proposes analysis of how the pandemic has contributed to show the inherent vulnerabilities of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan by focusing on their immediate and future political consequences.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jean-François Caron is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.
Hélène Thibault is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Central Asia and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Editors: Jean-François Caron, Hélène Thibault
Series Title: The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7586-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-7585-0Published: 20 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-7586-7Published: 19 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2524-8359
Series E-ISSN: 2524-8367
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 173
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Politics, Asian Economics, Public Health