Riotous Citizens: Ethnic Conflict in Multicultural Britain

Riotous Citizens: Ethnic Conflict in Multicultural Britain

Riotous Citizens: Ethnic Conflict in Multicultural Britain

Riotous Citizens: Ethnic Conflict in Multicultural Britain

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Overview

In 2001 Britain saw another summer of rioting in its cities, with violent uprisings in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford. Linking original empirical research with a sophisticated conceptual analysis, this book explores the reasons for those riots and explains why they mark a new departure in Britain's racial politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781409491347
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 12/28/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Dr Paul Bagguley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leeds. His books include: 'From Protest to Acquiescence? Political Movements of the Unemployed' (1991), 'Transforming Politics: Power and Resistance' (co-edited, with J. Hearn, 1999) and 'Relating Intimacies: Power and Resistance' (co-edited with Julie Seymour, 1999). Dr Yasmin is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. She is the author of 'Diasporic Womanhood: Creating Identities in British South Asian Women's Writing' (forthcoming, 2005).

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Theorizing Crowds, Riots and Public Disorder; Chapter 2 The Riots of 2001: An Overview and Comparison of Oldham, Burnley and Bradford; Chapter 3 Accounts of How the Bradford Riot Began; Chapter 4 Diversity, Motivations and Targets: The Dynamics of a Crowd of Citizens; Chapter 5 'Take Me to Your Leader': Reflections on Power, 'Race' and the Politics of Rioting; Chapter 6 'Outsiders in Our Own Country': The Interpersonal Consequences of Rioting; Chapter 7 Disciplined and Punished: Strategic Repression and the Shaming of a Community; Chapter 8 Citizenship, Generation and Ethnic Identity; Chapter 9 The Emergence of Community Cohesion; Chapter 10 Conclusion: Another Famous Victory?;
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