Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300214949)

A timely and incisive examination of contemporary urban unrest that explains why riots will continue until citizens are equally treated and politically included

In the past few decades, urban riots have erupted in democracies across the world. While high profile politicians often react by condemning protestors' actions and passing crackdown measures, urban studies professor Mustafa Dike shows how these revolts are in fact rooted in exclusions and genuine grievances which our democracies are failing to address. In this eye-opening study, he argues that global revolts may be sparked by a particular police or government action but nonetheless are expressions of much longer and deep seated rage accumulated through hardship and injustices that have become routine.

Increasingly recognized as an expert on urban unrest, Dike examines urban revolts in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Greece, and Turkey and, in a sweeping and engaging account, makes it clear that change is only possible if we address the failures of democratic systems and rethink the established practices of policing and political decision-making.

Author: Mustafa Dikec
ISBN-10: 0300214944
ISBN-13: 9780300214949
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2018
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2018