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Riots: an international comparison

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Palgrave Macmillan UK 2016Description: xiv, 212 pISBN:
  • 9781137571311
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364 M6R4
Online resources: Summary: The past ten years have been marked by a series of high profile and heavily mediatised riots across the globe. From the overspill of racial tensions in Sydney to anti-police riots in London, democratic societies have witnessed powerful and costly outbursts of anger and violence. But what are the causes of these large-scale episodes of collective disorder? Do they share common features? And what can they tell us about the nature and significance of riots more broadly? In this book, the authors address these questions and more with a wide-ranging comparative study of rioting in five countries (Australia, England, France, Greece and the United States). Using a revised and expanded version of the Flashpoints Model of Public Disorder, Matthew Moran and David Waddington dissect these violent and ephemeral social phenomena, laying bare their internal logic and demonstrating the essentially political nature of riots. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/iimahd/detail.action?docID=4720314
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Table of Contents:


1: Introduction: Understanding Riots
2: The Revised Flashpoints Model of Public Disorder
3: ‘France in Flames’: The French Riots of 2005
4: When Beach Life Goes Bad: The Cronulla (Sydney, Australia) Riot of 2005
5: Neoliberalism, Austerity, and Rage Against the State: The Greek Riots of 2008
6: Violence and Looting on the Streets of London: The English Riots of 2011
7: Back to the Future: Race and Riots in Ferguson, Missouri
8: Conclusion: Further Insights into the Nature of Riots

The past ten years have been marked by a series of high profile and heavily mediatised riots across the globe. From the overspill of racial tensions in Sydney to anti-police riots in London, democratic societies have witnessed powerful and costly outbursts of anger and violence. But what are the causes of these large-scale episodes of collective disorder? Do they share common features? And what can they tell us about the nature and significance of riots more broadly? In this book, the authors address these questions and more with a wide-ranging comparative study of rioting in five countries (Australia, England, France, Greece and the United States). Using a revised and expanded version of the Flashpoints Model of Public Disorder, Matthew Moran and David Waddington dissect these violent and ephemeral social phenomena, laying bare their internal logic and demonstrating the essentially political nature of riots.


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