Crisis responses, opportunity, and public authority during Covid‐19's first wave in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan

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ID7750538
AutoresTom Kirk (0000-0002-6283-9755, Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom, autor de correspondencia), Duncan Green (Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom), T Allen (0000-0003-1866-0181, Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom), Tatiana Carayannis (0000-0002-4790-0992, Director at the Social Science Research Council United States), José Bazonzi (Researcher at the University of Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo), Jose Mvuezolo Bazonzi (University of Kinshasa), José Ndala (Researcher at the University of Gbadolite Democratic Republic of the Congo), Patrycja Stys (Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom), Papy Muzuri (Independent Researcher Democratic Republic of the Congo), Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka (0000-0001-8127-0691, HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts), Aymar Nyenyezi (Researcher at the University of Ghent Belgium), Koen Vlassenroot (0000-0003-3478-132X, Professor at the University of Ghent Belgium), Abraham Diing Akoi Nyuon (Independent Researcher South Sudan), Anna Macdonald (0000-0001-8873-003X, Assistant Professor at the University of East Anglia United Kingdom), Arthur Owor (0000-0003-3611-4387, Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom), Eliot Storer (0000-0002-2892-4323, London School of Economics and Political Science), Liz Storer (Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom), Joseph Okello (0000-0003-4462-3923, Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom), Julian Hopwood (0000-0003-3257-4992, Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom), Holly Porter (0000-0003-4170-6192, Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge United Kingdom), Robin Oryem (Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom), Melissa Parker (0000-0003-0829-2741, Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine United Kingdom), Grace Akello (0000-0002-1228-013X, Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom)
Año2021
Volumen45
NúmeroS1
PáginasS195-S215
Fecha de publicación2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12513
PMID34553404
OpenAlexW3199930491
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas29

Discussions on African responses to Covid‐19 have focused on the state and its international backers. Far less is known about a wider range of public authorities, including chiefs, humanitarians, criminal gangs, and armed groups. This paper investigates how the pandemic provided opportunities for claims to and contests over power in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. Ethnographic research is used to contend that local forms of public authority can be akin to miniature sovereigns, able to interpret dictates, policies, and advice as required. Alongside coping with existing complex protracted emergencies, many try to advance their own agendas and secure benefits. Those they seek to govern, though, do not passively accept the new normal, instead often challenging those in positions of influence. This paper assesses which of these actions and reactions will have lasting effects on local notions of statehood and argues for a public authorities lens in times of crisis

Criminology · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State of emergency · Cambodian History and Society · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research