Badlands of the Republic

The relationship between space and politics is explored through a study of French urban policy. Drawing upon the political thought of Jacques Rancière, this book proposes a new agenda for analyses of urban policy, and provides the first comprehensive account of French urban policy in English. br/bulletlistbr/bulletEssential resource for contextualizing and understanding the revolts occurring in the French "badland" neighbourhoods in autumn 2005 br/bulletChallenges overarching generalizations about urban policy and contributes new research data to the wider body of urban policy literature br/bulletIdentifies a strong urban and spatial dimension within the shift towards more nationalistic and authoritarian policy governing French citizenship and immigration /bullet/bulletlist