Taiwan’s COVID-19 Experience

“This is a valuable collection of essays offering a critical analysis of the complex and often conflicted intersection of geopolitics, public health, and crisis management in the context of a global pandemic. The collection of essays provides deep, multi-disciplinary insight on the delicate and often contentious relationship of strict government control designed to protect and provide care on the one hand and the socio-political dynamics and restrictive consequences of biopower on the other.” Joseph Alter, Professor and Director of the Asian Studies Center, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, USA “This remarkable collection clearly proves that we must put Taiwan at the center of the study of global epidemic control. The twelve theoretically informed chapters probe the intersection of democracy, surveillance, resistance, and health in startlingly fresh and sophisticated ways. Taiwan’s COVID-19 Experience will be a must-read for academics, medical professionals, and policy-makers alike.” Ruth Rogaski, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Department of History, Vanderbilt University, USA “In the rapidly growing scholarship on global COVID-19 experiences, this book distinguishes itself with its wealth of empirical analysis and broad historical and theoretical perspectives.” Guobin Yang, Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Sociology and Communication and Director of Center on Digital Culture and Society, University of Pennsylvania, USA