Stakeholder Theory,Public Engagement,and Epistemic Injustice:The Case of Covid‑19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Scotland’s African,Caribbean,and Black Communities  

作　　者：Josephine U.Adekola Robert Chia 

机构地区：[1]Adam Smith Business School,University of Glasgow,Glasgow G116EY,UK

出　　处：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》2024年第4期552-564,共13页国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）

摘　　要：The adoption of a stakeholder approach to public engagement within the public sector has been extensive. However, there remain critical gaps in the understanding of stakeholder participation arising from hidden disparities that contribute to unequal access to communication channels, information, and hence ultimately knowledge and decision making. The term “epistemic injustice” has been used to describe such inequality of access and consequently, the outcome that ensues. Epistemic injustice is much overlooked in stakeholder theory. This article shows how epistemic injustice can act as a barrier to effective stakeholder engagement and hence to successful public policy formulation and implementation. We use the case of vaccine hesitancy among Scotland's African, Caribbean, and Black(ACB) communities to illustrate this problem of unequal participation. The study drew on primary data involving 85 participants and secondary data sources from extant literature and explored salient factors shaping barriers to vaccine uptake during the recent pandemic. The findings demonstrate how the failure to grasp epistemic injustice undermines the effectiveness of the stakeholder approach, even with the most wellintentioned efforts. We argue that epistemic injustice is a critical barrier to effective stakeholder approaches.

关 键 词：Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy Epistemic injustice Public engagement Scotland Stakeholder theory 

分 类 号：D523[政治法律—政治学] R186[政治法律—国际政治]