Cite this article：
Adekola, J.U., Chia, R. Stakeholder Theory, Public Engagement, and Epistemic Injustice: The Case of Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Scotland’s African, Caribbean, and Black Communities. Int J Disaster Risk Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-024-00572-8
利益相关者理论、公共参与与认知不公正：以苏格兰的非洲、加勒比和黑人社区新冠疫苗犹豫问题为例
Josephine U. Adekola & Robert Chia
摘要：
在公共部门采用利益相关者参与的方式已经十分广泛。然而，由于隐藏的不平等现象导致沟通渠道、信息获取以及最终知识和决策的参与机会存在差异，现有的研究对利益相关者参与的理解仍存在关键性不足。“认知不公正”这一术语被用来描述这种获取机会的不平等及其随之产生的结果。在利益相关者理论中，认知不公正往往被忽视。本文论述了认知不公正如何成为有效利益相关者参与以及成功公共政策制定和实施的障碍。本文以苏格兰的非洲、加勒比和黑人（ACB）社区在疫苗犹豫问题上的案例，来阐明这一不平等参与的困境。研究结合了85名参与者的原始数据和现有文献中的次级数据，探讨了导致疫情期间疫苗接种障碍的关键因素。研究结果表明，对认知不公正的忽视削弱了利益相关者方法的有效性，即使在最善意的努力下也是如此。本文认为，认知不公正是有效利益相关者方法的关键障碍。
关键词：
新冠疫苗犹豫；认知不公正；公众参与；苏格兰；利益相关者理论
Stakeholder Theory, Public Engagement, and Epistemic Injustice: The Case of Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Scotland’s African, Caribbean, and Black Communities
Josephine U. Adekola & Robert Chia
Abstract：
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 well-intentioned efforts. We argue that epistemic injustice is a critical barrier to effective stakeholder approaches.
Keywords：
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy, Epistemic injustice, Public engagement, Scotland, Stakeholder theory
文章链接：
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-024-00572-8