Dikec Badlands of the Republic

Space, Politics and Urban Policy
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-76591-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: RGS-IBG Book Series

The relationship between space and politics is explored through astudy of French urban policy. Drawing upon the political thought ofJacques Rancière, this book proposes a new agenda for analysesof urban policy, and provides the first comprehensive account ofFrench urban policy in English.

* * Essential resource for contextualizing and understanding therevolts occurring in the French 'badland'neighbourhoods in autumn 2005

* Challenges overarching generalizations about urban policy andcontributes new research data to the wider body of urban policyliterature

* Identifies a strong urban and spatial dimension within theshift towards more nationalistic and authoritarian policy governingFrench citizenship and immigration

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dikec, Mustafa

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables.
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms.
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: Badlands:.
1. Introduction: The Fear of 'theBanlieue'.
The Colour of Fear.
Organization of the Book.
2. State's Statements: Urban Policy asPlace-Making.
Neoliberalism, Neoliberalization and the City.
The Republican State and Its Contradictions.
The Republican Penal State and Urban Policy.
Part II: The Police:.
3. The Right to the City? Revolts and the Initiation of UrbanPolicy.
The Hot Summer of 1981: How Novel is'Violence'?.
Brixton in France? The Haunting of the French Republic.
The 'Founding Texts' of Urban Policy.
The 'Anti-immigrant Vote'.
Consolidation of Urban Policy.
Conclusions: Consolidation of the Police.
4. Justice, Police, Statistics: Surveillance of Spaces ofIntervention.
When the Margin is at the Centre.
The 'Return of the State'.
'I Like the State'.
Justice, Police, Statistics.
Conclusions: Looking for a 'Better' Police....
... a 'Republican' One.
5. From 'Neighbourhoods in Danger' to'Dangerous Neighbourhoods': The Repressive Turn inUrban Policy.
Encore! The Ghost Haunting the French Republic.
Pacte de Relance: Old Ghosts, New Spaces.
'They are Already Stigmatized': Affirmative Actionà la française.
Is 'Positive Discrimination' Negative?.
Insecurity Wins the Left: The Villepinte Colloquium.
Remaking Urban Policy in Republican Terms.
Whither Urban Policy?.
The Police Order and the Police State.
Back to the Statist Geography.
Conclusions: Repressive Police.
Part III: Justice in Banlieues:.
6. A 'Thirst for Citizenship': Voices from aBanlieue.
Vaulx-en-Velin between Official Processions and PoliceForces.
Vaulx-en-Velin after the trentes glorieuses.
A 'Thirst for Citizenship'.
A Toil of Two Cities (in One).
Whose List is More 'Communitarian'?.
Conclusions: Acting on the Spaces of the Police.
7. Voices into Noises: Revolts as Unarticulated JusticeMovements.
Revolting Geographies.
Geographies of Repression: 'Police Everywhere, JusticeNowhere'.
Policies of Urgency: '20 Years for Unemployment, 20 Yearsfor Insecurity'.
Conclusions: Form a 'Just Revolt of the Youth' to'Urban Violence'.
8. Conclusion: Space, Politics and Urban Policy.
Notes.
References.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mustafa Dikeç is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. Dr Dikeç was trained as an urban planner in Ankara, Turkey. He holds a master's degree in urban design from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published articles on space, politics and justice, and on hospitality.