Urban Governance of the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Japan: An Urban Political Sociological Approach to the Case of Osaka
Urban Governance of the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Japan: An Urban Political Sociological Approach to the Case of Osaka
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日本 COVID-19 大流行的城市治理：以大阪为例的城市政治社会学方法
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10.1111/ijjs.12135
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2022
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Maruyama Masao
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松田ヒロ子;一般財団法人関西空港調査会（監修） 加藤一誠・西藤真一・幕亮二・朝日亮太（編著）;Maruyama Masao
在本文中，我们首先回顾了当前有关 COVID-19 大流行的日本城市和地区社会学文献。一些关于疫情期间城市社区面临的现状、挑战和困难的实证研究已经浮出水面。尽管城市传染病控制治理一直是城市研究的重要研究课题，但这方面的研究有限，特别是在日本。然后，我们简要考察一下日本疫情下的城市治理，重点关注大阪的案例。具体来说，通过分析大阪府对策本部的会议记录，我们可以了解主要讨论哪些问题以及涉及哪些主要组织参与者。结果表明，除了中央、县和市政府之间的行政和政治合作外，行业和专业组织（例如医疗和经济协会）的参与也尤为突出。这是因为日本政府部门缺乏强有力的传染病控制法律框架和政策执行能力。因此，它（通过中介协会）要求居民、企业和医院与政府合作控制病毒的传播。针对日本城市应对疫情的特点，更多地进行本国城市和地区与其他国家城市和地区的比较研究，将是未来日本城市和地区社会学的重要课题之一。
In this article, we first review current Japanese urban and regional sociological literature on the COVID‐19 pandemic. Some empirical studies of the current conditions, challenges, and difficulties faced by urban communities with the pandemic have loomed large. Although urban governance of infectious disease control has been generally an important research topic in urban studies, there is limited research on this aspect, particularly in Japan. Then, we briefly examine the urban governance of the pandemic in Japan, with a focus on the case of Osaka. Specifically, by analyzing the meeting minutes of Osaka Prefectural Government's countermeasure headquarters, we shed light on what issues were mainly dealt with and what main organizational actors were involved. The results indicate that, in addition to the administrative and political collaboration between central, prefectural, and municipal governments, the involvement of industrial and professional organizations (e.g., medical and economic associations) is particularly salient. This is because the governmental sector in Japan lacks a strong legal framework and a policy implementation capacity for infectious disease control. Consequently, it has requested (through intermediary associations) that residents, businesses, and hospitals cooperate with the government to control the spread of the virus. With regard to the characteristics of the Japanese urban governance of the pandemic, more comparative research between cities and regions in the country and those in other countries will be one of the important issues for future Japanese urban and regional sociology.