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SUMMARY:The English Riots of 2012: Race\, Rhetoric and Policies\, but What
  Solutions? -  Dr Patricia Daley (School of Geography and the Environment\
 , University of Oxford)
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CONTACT:Dr. P MR Howell
DESCRIPTION:This paper addresses the English Riots of August 2011. It is d
 ivided into three parts: in the first\, it examines elite and popular disc
 ourse on the riots\, which illustrates well the tensions associated with a
 n increasingly socially-divided British society. The second part challenge
 s the attempt by the state and the conservative media to de-contextualise 
 the riots\, by demonstrating how the discourse supports particular policy 
 prescriptions of a neo-liberal British government\, seeking to reduce its 
 commitment to the poorer sections of its society\, in a context of excessi
 ve policing\, institutional racism\, high unemployment\, and cut-backs in 
 social welfare expenditure. The arguments are supported by empirical (some
  anecdotal and subjective) evidence from London\, mainly the London boroug
 h of Hackney. In the final section\, the paper suggests that by reading th
 e lived experiences of the youth and communities\, scholars and activists 
 (working collectively) can be directed to forms of action-oriented researc
 h that may lead to more transformative and non-violent solutions in Britai
 n.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Geography
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