Riotous Citizens: Ethnic Conflict in Multicultural Britain

In 2001 Britain saw another summer of rioting in its cities, with violent uprisings in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford. Linking original empirical research with a sophisticated conceptual analysis, this book explores the reasons for those riots and explains why they mark a new departure in Britain's racial politics.

About the Author

Dr Paul Bagguley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leeds. His books include: 'From Protest to Acquiescence? Political Movements of the Unemployed' (1991), 'Transforming Politics: Power and Resistance' (co-edited, with J. Hearn, 1999) and 'Relating Intimacies: Power and Resistance' (co-edited with Julie Seymour, 1999). Dr Yasmin is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. She is the author of 'Diasporic Womanhood: Creating Identities in British South Asian Women's Writing' (forthcoming, 2005).