Reading the Riot Act - Reflections on the 2011 urban disorders in England (Hardcover)

This lively collection presents a multi-disciplinary, multi-perspectival commentary explaining the what, where, and how of the riots that the austerity-hit UK experienced during the long, hot summer of 2011. It looks beyond London and its Tottenham district where disturbances started, to locations such as Manchester and Birmingham. Parallels are drawn with Cairo during the period of the Arab spring, and even with the Star Wars saga. The book locates the riots in historical context by looking at the previous UK riots of 1981 and 2001, looking at how news cycles and concepts such as that of 'moral panic' have changed in the age of social networking. It is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary debates in social policy, media studies, anthropology sociology, cultural studies, and human geography. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal for Cultural Research.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Rupa Huq MP
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	124
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-64838-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-64838-8
Barcode:	9781138648388

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