Mustafa Dikec

Badlands of the Republic

Space, Politics and Urban Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive account of French urban policy. Badlands of the Republic offers a fresh approach to space and politics, while providing insights into the politics of immigration and the contemporary transformations of the state in France. The author not only proposes a new way of looking at urban policy, but also challenges overarching generalizations that are based almost exclusively on the British and North American experience. This resource provides analysis on the revolts in the "banlieues" of French cities in 2005 and covers a variety of other topics related to contemporary citizenship and immigration. Its rich empirical material derives from sources that go beyond mere investigation of official documents. It is the only thorough account of French urban policy written in English.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781405156301
• ISBN-10: 1405156309
• Artikelnr.: 22718242

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"This is a knowledgeable, intelligent, and highly readableaccount of an issue that has featured prominently in Frenchpolitics and public policy during the last quarter of acentury." (Journal of Planning Education and Research,8 September 2008)

"It's a fine book. Doubly so, for not only does it meld theoreticaldeftness with convincing empirical information, it also has thevirtue of taking us out of our English speaking milieu...Are you aninquisitive urban geographer? If so, having read Dikeç as yourindispensable primer, next time you're in Paris leave the EiffelTower behind and go out to La Courneuve. Or in Strasbourg, view thecathedral but then board the Line C tram right next to it whichtakes you out to Le Neuhof, like La Courneuve one of the originalsixteen social development urban neighborhoods. Get a taste ofanother, and real, urban France. Dikeç has." (GeographicalReview, December 2010)

"This brilliant empirical riff by Mustafa Dikeç onRanciere's idea of the 'given' of governmental intervention asapplied to the 'banlieue' of French cities shows how attempts torealize the ideal of 'the one and indivisible republic' throughplanning founder because French urban policy is also profoundlyinvolved with making places that violate that very ideal."
John Agnew, UCLA

"This book is an extraordinary achievement. Hardly a year afterthe momentous revolts in the banlieues of France's big cities,Mustafa Dikeç offers not only a razor-sharp dissection ofurban struggles, but, more importantly, demonstrates how thepolitics of space work in today's France and how a progressiveurban politics can be reclaimed. A must read for all thoseinterested in urban social movements and have not given up on thepossibilities for a genuinely humanising urban politics."
Erik Swyngedouw, Manchester University