{"product_id":"badlands-of-the-republic-9781405156301","title":"Badlands of the Republic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe relationship between space and politics is explored through a study of French urban policy. Drawing upon the political thought of Jacques Rancière, this book proposes a new agenda for analyses of urban policy, and provides the first comprehensive account of French urban policy in English.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssential resource for contextualizing and understanding the revolts occurring in the French ''badland'' neighbourhoods in autumn 2005\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges overarching generalizations about urban policy and contributes new research data to the wider body of urban policy literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies a strong urban and spatial dimension within the shift towards more nationalistic and authoritarian policy governing French citizenship and immigration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a knowledgeable, intelligent, and highly readable account of an issue that has featured prominently in French politics and public policy during the last quarter of a century.” (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Planning Education and Research\u003c\/i\u003e, 8 September 2008)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"It's a fine book. Doubly so, for not only does it meld theoretical deftness with convincing empirical information, it also has the virtue of taking us out of our English speaking milieu...Are you an inquisitive urban geographer? If so, having read Dikeç as your indispensable primer, next time you're in Paris leave the Eiffel Tower behind and go out to La Courneuve. Or in Strasbourg, view the cathedral but then board the Line C tram right next to it which takes you out to Le Neuhof, like La Courneuve one of the original sixteen social development urban neighborhoods. Get a taste of another, and real, urban France. Dikeç has.\" (\u003ci\u003eGeographical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This brilliant empirical riff by Mustafa Dikeç on Ranciere's idea of the 'given' of governmental intervention as applied to the 'banlieue' of French cities shows how attempts to realize the ideal of 'the one and indivisible republic' through planning founder because French urban policy is also profoundly involved with making places that violate that very ideal.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Agnew, UCLA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is an extraordinary achievement. Hardly a year after the momentous revolts in the banlieues of France's big cities, Mustafa Dikeç offers not only a razor-sharp dissection of urban struggles, but, more importantly, demonstrates how the politics of space work in today's France and how a progressive urban politics can be reclaimed. A must read for all those interested in urban social movements and have not given up on the possibilities for a genuinely humanising urban politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErik Swyngedouw, Manchester University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables. \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations and Acronyms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Badlands:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction: The Fear of ‘the Banlieue’\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Colour of Fear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganization of the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. State’s Statements: Urban Policy as Place-Making\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeoliberalism, Neoliberalization and the City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Republican State and Its Contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Republican Penal State and Urban Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Police:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The Right to the City? Revolts and the Initiation of Urban Policy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hot Summer of 1981: How Novel is ‘Violence’?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrixton in France? The Haunting of the French Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Founding Texts’ of Urban Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Anti-immigrant Vote’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsolidation of Urban Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: Consolidation of the Police.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Justice, Police, Statistics: Surveillance of Spaces of Intervention\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the Margin is at the Centre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Return of the State’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘I Like the State’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustice, Police, Statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: Looking for a ‘Better’ Police ….\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e… a ‘Republican’ One.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. From ‘Neighbourhoods in Danger’ to ‘Dangerous Neighbourhoods’: The Repressive Turn in Urban Policy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncore! The Ghost Haunting the French Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePacte de Relance: Old Ghosts, New Spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘They are Already Stigmatized’: Affirmative Action à la française.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs ‘Positive Discrimination’ Negative?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInsecurity Wins the Left: The Villepinte Colloquium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemaking Urban Policy in Republican Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhither Urban Policy?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Police Order and the Police State.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to the Statist Geography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: Repressive Police.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Justice in Banlieues:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. A ‘Thirst for Citizenship’: Voices from a Banlieue\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVaulx-en-Velin between Official Processions and Police Forces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVaulx-en-Velin after the trentes glorieuses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA ‘Thirst for Citizenship’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Toil of Two Cities (in One).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhose List is More ‘Communitarian’?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: Acting on the Spaces of the Police.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Voices into Noises: Revolts as Unarticulated Justice Movements\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolting Geographies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographies of Repression: ‘Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicies of Urgency: ’20 Years for Unemployment, 20 Years for Insecurity’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: Form a ‘Just Revolt of the Youth’ to ‘Urban Violence’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Conclusion: Space, Politics and Urban Policy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407890194775,"sku":"9781405156301","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405156301.jpg?v=1730500864","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/badlands-of-the-republic-9781405156301","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}