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Sophie Body-Gendrot is a CNRS researcher and a professor of political science and American studies at the Sorbonne and the Institute of Political Science in Paris. Her research focuses on comparative public, urban unrest, ethnic and racial issues and citizen participation. Among her books are Ville et Violence (1993), The Urban Moment (1999, edited with R. Beauregard) and a taskforce report written with N. Le Guennec on urban violence for the French Home Secretary in 1998.
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List of Tables.
Foreword.
Series Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introductions: Tolerance and Suppression..
Part I: The Politics of Depacification.
Economic Globalization and Urban Unrest.
Law-Enforcement in the USA.
Solidarity and Social Prevention in France..
Part II. The Politics of Reconciliation.
Managing Polarization: New York and Chicago.
Managing Polarization: Paris, Marseilles, and Lyons.
Conclusion: The Social Control of Cities?.
References.
Index.
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"This is a well-documented and perceptive study." David Downes, London School of Economics, UK
"... does a creditable job of demonstrating both historically and comparatively, how cities within the limits of distinct national traditions are actually extraordinarily diverse and yet extremely limited in the ways they manage social control." Canadian Journal of Sociology Online
‘This comprehensive cross-cultural study of urban tensions and insecurities in an era of globalization is a major contribution to the literature on changing western cities. Sophie Body-Gendrot’s original synthesis of a wide range of urban studies provides new insights on the dynamic changes in modern urban life." – William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University<!--end-->