Badlands of the Republic Space, Politics and Urban Policy

by Dikec, Mustafa

• ISBN13: 9781405156318
• ISBN10: 1405156317
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-20
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. ix
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. xi
Series Editors' Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Badlands	p. 1
Introduction: The Fear of 'the Banlieue'	p. 3
The Colour of Fear	p. 7
Organization of the Book	p. 14
State's Statements: Urban Policy as Place-Making	p. 16
Neoliberalism, Neoliberalization and the City	p. 24
The Republican State and Its Contradictions	p. 28
The Republican Penal State and Urban Policy	p. 31
The Police	p. 35
The Right to the City? Revolts and the Initiation of Urban Policy	p. 37
The Hot Summer of 1981: How Novel is 'Violence'?	p. 39
Brixton in France? The Haunting of the French Republic	p. 40
The 'Founding Texts' of Urban Policy	p. 48
The 'Anti-immigrant Vote'	p. 56
Consolidation of Urban Policy	p. 60
Conclusions: Consolidation of the Police	p. 64
Justice, Police, Statistics: Surveillance of Spaces of Intervention	p. 68
When the Margin is at the Centre	p. 71
The 'Return of the State'	p. 75
'I Like the State'	p. 78
Justice, Police, Statistics	p. 80
Conclusions: Looking for a 'Better' Police...	p. 87
...a 'Republican' One	p. 90
From 'Neighbourhoods in Danger' to 'Dangerous Neighbourhoods': The Repressive Turn in Urban Policy	p. 93
Encore! The Ghost Haunting the French Republic	p. 94
Pacte de Relance: Old Ghosts, New Spaces	p. 97
'They are Already Stigmatized': Affirmative Action a la francaise	p. 99
Is 'Positive Discrimination' Negative?	p. 104
Insecurity Wins the Left: The Villepinte Colloquium	p. 106
Remaking Urban Policy in Republican Terms	p. 109
Whither Urban Policy?	p. 114
The Police Order and the Police State	p. 118
Back to the Statist Geography	p. 120
Conclusions: Repressive Police	p. 124
Justice in Banlieues	p. 127
A 'Thirst for Citizenship': Voices from a Banlieue	p. 129
Vaulx-en-Velin between Official Processions and Police Forces	p. 129
Vaulx-en-Velin after the trente glorieuses	p. 131
A 'Thirst for Citizenship'	p. 134
A Toil of Two Cities (in One)	p. 136
Whose List is More 'Communitarian'?	p. 142
Conclusions: Acting on the Spaces of the Police	p. 147
Voices into Noises: Revolts as Unarticulated Justice Movements	p. 152
Revolting Geographies	p. 153
Geographies of Repression: 'Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere'	p. 158
Policies of Urgency: '20 Years for Unemployment, 20 Minutes for Insecurity'	p. 162
Conclusions: From a 'Just Revolt of the Youth' to 'Urban Violence'	p. 166
Conclusion: Space, Politics and Urban Policy	p. 170
Notes	p. 178
References	p. 194
Index	p. 212
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