In this ground-breaking study, Sophie Body-Gendrot provides a comparative analysis of the growing problem of new forms of poverty and social marginalisation in contemporary advanced societies.
Cuprins
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Foreword.
Series Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introductions: Tolerance and Suppression..
Part I: The Politics of Depacification.
Economic Globalization and Urban Unrest.
Law-Enforcement in the USA.
Solidarity and Social Prevention in France..
Part II. The Politics of Reconciliation.
Managing Polarization: New York and Chicago.
Managing Polarization: Paris, Marseilles, and Lyons.
Conclusion: The Social Control of Cities?.
References.
Index.
Despre autor
Sophie Body-Gendrot is a CNRS researcher and a professor
of political science and American studies at the Sorbonne and the
Institute of Political Science in Paris. Her research focuses on
comparative public, urban unrest, ethnic and racial issues and
citizen participation. Among her books are Ville et Violence
(1993), The Urban Moment (1999, edited with R. Beauregard)
and a taskforce report written with N. Le Guennec on urban violence
for the French Home Secretary in 1998.
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