myAIPMPandemic Police States
Christopher J. Coyne and Yuliya Yatsyshina | SSRN
Abstract
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments’ willingness to employ their police powers have been brought to the forefront. Pandemic police states utilize surveillance, dictates limiting association, and punishment in the name of combating the virus. While police powers can be used for good, they can also be abused. We outline the theoretical foundations of the operation of the potentially troubling aspects of pandemic police state activities. We then catalog some pandemic police state activities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. We conclude with the implications for peace studies.
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Pandemic Police States, Christopher J. Coyne and Yuliya Yatsyshina, SSRN, 2020