ISBN:
0857450859
,
9780857450852
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 190 pages)
,
illustrations
Series Statement:
Berghahn monographs in French studies v. 10
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Epstein, Beth Collective terms
DDC:
307.1/41408900944367
Keywords:
Community development
;
Minorities
;
Acculturation
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; City Planning & Urban Development
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
Acculturation
;
Community development
;
Minorities
;
Etnische betrekkingen
;
Acculturatie
;
Steden
;
Electronic books
;
Cergy (France)
;
France ; Cergy
;
Frankrijk
;
Electronic book
Abstract:
Introduction : collective terms -- ch. 1. Urban plans -- ch. 2. Community ties -- ch. 3. To be exclu -- ch. 4. Race-conscious and race-blind : a housing crisis -- ch. 5. The common good : parents, teachers, and the public schools -- ch. 6. Having culture -- Conclusion : in other words.
Abstract:
The banlieue, the mostly poor and working-class suburbs located on the outskirts of major cities in France, gained international media attention in late 2005 when riots broke out in some 250 such towns across the country. Pitting first- and second-generation immigrant teenagers against the police, the riots were an expression of the multiplicity of troubles that have plagued these districts for decades. This study provides an ethnographic account of life in a Parisian banlieue and examines how the residents of this multiethnic city come together to build, define, and put into practice their co
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
