COVID-19 and Public Policy Studies

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  • COVID-19と公共政策学
  • COVID-19 ト コウキョウ セイサクガク

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<p>The year “2020” will be remembered as the year the world faced the spread of cornavirus. Our daily lives have changed drastically, as well as the conventional wisdom, and a “new normal”, clearly different from the previous life style, is required. Indeed, various aspects of society could not escape change. With the advent of cornavirus disease (COVID-19), the new phenomenon that humankind has experienced, is truly a public problem. To solve it, it is necessary to take measures through public policies. Therefore, COVID-19 was included in the research area of public policy studies, and it was positioned as a new research theme. This paper aims to consider what kinds of viewpoints are necessary to deal with COVID-19 in the public policy studies. Further, it focuses on the “first wave” of the infection spread in Japan from January to May 2020. The paper proceeds with discussions from two points: a policy process theory approach and a comparative politics approach. In that sense, this paper will play a role in extracting issues when we research about COVID-19 and public policies.</p>

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