The current growth of incidents of public disorder around the world can be seen as symptomatic of major transformations in globalized society, government, and technology. But while disorder is routinely perceived as a disturbing phenomenon, it can also be a catalyst for positive transformation and regeneration. As social media is increasingly used as a platform for mobilization and organization, local disorder may spread outward through national borders, receiving international coverage and visibility as well as triggering a domino effect of global unrest. Combining qualitative and quantitative research, this ground-breaking text analyzes oppositional notions of order and disorder in global, national, and local contexts and considers the role of the police, the justice system, and other authorities in developing a range of responsive strategies. The author develops a new comprehensive framework for engaging in comparative and historical analysis of public disorder by drawing upon international case studies of public unrest such as 2005 in Paris and 2011 in London; the events in Ferguson and Baltimore that seeded Black Lives Matter; the Occupy movements in Zuccotti Park, Gezi Park, and Hong Kong; and the terror attacks in Paris and Brussels. This dynamic comparative study is informed by extensive international interviews and will be a required reading for students and scholars of criminology, sociology, political science, and urban studies.
Author(s): Sophie Body-Gendrot
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge | Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 2017
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 189
Tags: Disorderly Conduct; Public Spaces; Political Participation; Social Movements; Protest Movements; Globalization: Social Aspects
Cover
Half title
Review
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 | Introduction
The dialectics of disorder and order
Definitions
Public disorder and public space
Public disorder and globalization
Space over tweets
Methodology
Outline of the book
Part I
2 | Unfolding public disorder and globalization
Theories
The relative deprivation theory
The broken windows hypothesis
The spark and tinder metaphor and the flashpoint model
The dynamics of agency
Violent rituals
Incidence and patterns of violence
Opportunism, scattered attacks, and coordinated destruction
Third party involvement
Global actors of public disorder
The black bloc’s modes of operation
3 | Analyzing cases of public disorder
Public disorder in Greater Paris and London
Greater Paris in 2005
The context
The facts
Mass mobilization potential
Triggering event
Preparations
Times
An interactive and comprehensive framework
The media
Space
Greater London in 2011
The context
The facts
Mass mobilization potential
Structures of opportunity
Ferguson, Missouri (2014), and Baltimore, Maryland (2015)
Ferguson
The context
The facts
Mass mobilization potential
A historical legacy
A new type of public disorder
Baltimore
The context
The facts
Mass mobilization potential
The aftermath
The Occupy movements
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) (2011)
The context
The facts
Mass mobilization potential
The aftermath
Gezi Park, Istanbul (2013)
The context
The facts
Mass mobilization potential
The aftermath
Hong Kong (2014)
The context
The facts
Mass mobilization potential
The aftermath
4 | Public disorder as an alternative for change
Public disturbances: Paris and London
Commonalities then and now
Divergences between Paris and London
Public disorder and demonstrations: Ferguson and Baltimore
The Occupy mobilizations
Commonalities
Space
Digital activism
Innovation
Police and public responses
Divergences
Time
Leadership
Part II
5 | The policing of public disorder
A diversity of disorder policing approaches
Greater Paris (2005) and Greater London disorder (2011)
The initial phase of tensions
Disorder management
Coordination
Arrests
Incidents in Ferguson and Baltimore
Ferguson
Baltimore
Occupy movements
Similarities
Divergences
The evolution of public disorder management
Brief historical accounts of city policing
New York City
London
Paris
Current views on the police management of public disorder
Policing disorder at the New York Police Department
Operational resources
Intelligence resources
Technological resources
Policing disorder at the Metropolitan Police Service
Operational resources
Intelligence resources
Technological resources
Policing disorder at the Paris Préfecture de police and at the Ministry of the Interior
Operational resources
Intelligence resources
Technological resources
6 | States and justice
Authorities’ and judges’ responses to public disorder
The Paris and London cases
Paris
London
American tools against public disorder
Local actions against public disorder
Federal actions
The Occupy movements
New York City
Gezi Park
Hong Kong
The notion of state
States’ actions supporting order
States’ capacities
A path of dependency
7 | Is global terrorism an extreme case of public disorder?
Homegrown terrorists as enigmatic enemies
Waves of terrorist attacks
Why terrorism is unusual
In search of motivations
The digital communication of global radicalization
States’ and judges’ resources
Emergency laws
The interference of political calculations
The Left and social violence
The issue of ‘casseurs’
The limits of police forces
A new time of uncertainty and unpredictability
An act of war?
The European level
8 | Conclusion
Contentious spaces
Social media and space
The acceleration of globalization
Are macro-analyses helpful?
The new story
Bibliography
Index
