Security and Policing Global Pandemics

COVID-19 Security and ‘Scientific’ Politics in Uganda

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Amidst global functional deficits, there is a burgeoning interest in redefining policing and security frameworks to incorporate infectious disease control, exemplified by COVID-19 strategies. This study retrospectively analyses state responses to global pandemics, societal reactions, and security implications in developing countries like Uganda. It investigates the jurisprudential and structural dynamics of pandemic policing, encompassing criminalisation, victimisation, police-public interactions, and media influences. These factors are pivotal in understanding structural and physical violence in developing regions, particularly concerning human rights, access to essential needs, and public health imperatives. Additionally, the study explores the ramifications of COVID-19-induced shifts in scientific discourse and electoral processes. Methodologically, it examines state strategies for COVID-19prevention and treatment, public perceptions of related restrictions, and the media’s role in shaping these perceptions, through participant observation, informal discussions, and content analysis.