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Content

 Part I Setting the Scene

• Introduction and overview : the British and French riots, D. Waddington, M. King and F. Jobard
• Theoretical orientations : lessons of the UK riots of the 1980s and 1990s, D. Waddington and M. King
• An overview of the French riots : 1981-2004, F. Jobard

 Part II The British Riots, 2001-2005

• Local events, national implications : riots in Oldham and Burnley 2001, V. Kalra and J. Rhodes
• Police on the line : between control and correctness in multi-ethnic contexts of urban unrest, J. Bujra and J. Pearce
• The Bradford ’riot’ of 2001 : the diversity of action, Y. Hussain and P. Bagguley
• From petrol bombs to performance indicators : the 2001 riots and the emergence of ’community cohesion", P. Thomas
• From rumor to riot : the 2005 Lozells disorders, M. King

 Part III The French Riots, 2001-2008

• The French riots and urban segregation, H. Lagrange
• Urban renewal = riot revival ? The role of urban renewal policy in French riots, R. Epstein
• Riots and protest cycles : immigrant mobilisation in France 1968-2008, C. Hamidi
• The political dimension of the 2005 riots, M. Kokoreff
• Youth gangs, riots and the politicisation process, M. Mohammed
• The French police and urban riots : is the national police force part of the solution or part of the problem ? C. Mouhanna
• The 2007 presidential election and the 2005 urban violence in french ’deprives urban areas’, C. Fauvelle-Aymar, A. françois and P. Vornetti

 Part IV Other International Comparison

• A North American example : the 2001 Cincinnati riot and a subsequent peacemaking initiative, D. Waddington
• Why are the riots in Germany ? Mutual perceptions between police forces and minority adolescents, T. Lukas

 Part V Conclusions

• Conclusions, F. Jobard, M. King and D. Waddington