Emeutes, segregation urbaine et alienation politique

In: Revue française de science politique, Band 58, Heft 3, S. 377-401

Abstract

Three weeks of urban riots of October & November, 2005, were an exceptional collective episode of violence, even in France where the tradition of protest is lively. Their scale, their concentration in the time, their spectacular character drew the attention of the international press. We are interested here in the social & structural dimensions of these riots, underlining first the effects of the differences between cities on a demographic plan, on that of the employment situation & housing, as regards to the spatial segregation & discriminations. Taking for reference set the municipalities of more than 65,000 inhabitants except Ile-de-France & the municipalities of more than 25,000 inhabitants in Ile-de-France, that is approximately 210 cities, the article clarifies the social constraints of the emergence of the riots in some of these cities & not in the others. Tables, Graphs, Appendixes. Adapted from the source document.