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Riot City: Protest and Rebellion in the Capital Book

Riot City This follow up to Violent London deals in detail with the story behind the 2010 and 2011 riots both from the perspective of the protesters, rioters and from the point of view of the police and government. Bloom uses reportage, parliamentary, police and security briefings, as well as the voices and theory of modern protest, to tell the story. Full descriptionRead More

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    Since 2000 London has seen unprecedented levels of unrest. Its streets have become the battleground for a host of new demands and new ideological standpoints; its occupants protesters and authority alike have had to invent new tactics to cope with the pressure of street politics and advances in social media. Riot City deals in detail with the story behind the capital's unrest from the perspective of protesters police and government. Using a range of sources from security briefings to reportage Clive Bloom provides an analysis of the modern protest movement placing it in the context of a long history of rebellion. From the student protests to the August riots Bloom deftly draws parallels between London's shocking events and reveals more disturbingly how many lessons can still be learned from our riotous past.

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    Since 2000, London has seen unprecedented levels of unrest. Its streets have become the battleground for a host of new demands and new ideological standpoints; its occupants, protesters and authority alike, have had to invent new tactics to cope with the pressure of street politics and advances in social media. Riot City deals in detail with the story behind the capital's unrest from the perspective of protesters, police and government. Using a range of sources, from security briefings to reportage, Clive Bloom provides an analysis of the modern protest movement, placing it in the context of a long history of rebellion. From the student protests to the August riots, Bloom deftly draws parallels between London's shocking events and reveals, more disturbingly, how many lessons can still be learned from our riotous past.

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    This follow up to Violent London deals in detail with the story behind the 2010 and 2011 riots both from the perspective of the protesters, rioters and from the point of view of the police and government. Bloom uses reportage, parliamentary, police a

  • 1137029358
  • 9781137029355
  • Clive Bloom
  • 26 July 2012
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
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