The broad aim of this book is to provide a general basis for comparatively analysing and understanding the French riots of October/November 2005 and the corresponding Bristish disorders which occurred in the spring/summer of 2001.

Contents Part I: Setting the Scene 1 Introduction and overview: the British and French riots, David Waddington (Sheffield Hallam University), Mike King (Birmingham City University) and Fabien Jobard (CESDIP-CNRS, Paris) 2 Theoretical orientations: lessons of UK riots of the 1980s and 1990s, David Waddington and Mike King 3 An overview of French Riots: 1981-2004, Fabien Jobard Part II: The British Riots, 2001-2005 4 Local events, national implications: riots in Oldham and Burnley 2001, Virinder Kalra and James Rhodes (University of Leeds) 5 Police on the line: between control and correctness in multi-ethnic contexts of urban unrest, Janet Bujra and Jenny Pearce (University of Bradford) 6 The Bradford 'riot' of 2001: the diversity of action, Yasmin Hussain and Paul Bagguley (Leeds University) 7 From petrol bombs to performance indicators: the 2001 riots and the emergence of 'community cohesion', Paul Thomas (University of Huddersfield) 8 From rumor to riot: the 2005 Lozells disorders, Mike King Part III: The French Riots, 2001-2005 9 The French riots and urban segregation, Hugues Lagrange (OSC-CNRS) 10 Urban renewal = riot revival? The role of urban renewal policy in the French riots Renaud Epstein (GAPP-CNRS) 11 Riots and protest cycles: immigrant mobilisation in France 1968-2008, Camille Hamidi (TRIANGLE-CNRS,Université Lyon-2) 12 The political dimension of the 2005 riots, Michel Kokoreff (CESAMES-CNRS, Université Paris-5) 13 Youth gangs, riots and the politicisation process, Marwan Mohamed (CESDIP-CNRS) 14 The French police and urban riots: is the national police force part of the solution or part of the problem? Christian Mouhanna (CESDIP-CNRS) 15 The 2007 presidential election and the 2005 urban violence in French deprived urban areas, Christine Fauvelle-Aymar (CEPEL-CNRS, Université Montpellier), Abel François (Starsbourg University) and Patricia Vornetti (University of Paris-1) Part IV: Other International Comparisons 16 A North American example: The 2001 Cincinnati riot and a subsequent peacemaking initiative, David Waddington 17 Why are there no riots in Germany? Mutual perceptions between police forces and minority adolescents, Tim Lukas (Max-Planck-Institute Fÿr Strafrecht, Freiburg) Part V: Conclusions 18 Conclusions, Fabien Jobard, Mike King and David Waddington References Index

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