Riots

Matthew Moran is Senior Lecturer in International Security in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, UK. He is the author of The Republic and the Riots: Exploring Urban Violence in French Suburbs, 2005-2007.David Waddington is Professor of Communications and Head of the Communication and Computing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is author of Policing Public Disorder: Theory and Practice, and co-editor (with Fabien Jobard and Mike King) of Rioting in the UK and France: A Comparative Study.

• Introduction: Understanding Riots.- Chapter 1. The Revised Flashpoints Model of Public Disorder.- Chapter 2. ‘France in Flames’: The French Riots of 2005.- Chapter 3. When Beach Life Goes Bad: The Cronulla (Sydney, Australia) Riot of 2005.- Chapter 4. Neoliberalism, Austerity and Rage Against the State: The Greek Riots of December, 2008.- Chapter 5. Violence and Looting on the Streets of London: The English Riots of 2011.- Chapter 6. Back to the Future: Race and Riots in Ferguson, Missouri.- Conclusion: Further Insights into the Nature of Riots.