Reading Riots by Tim Newburn
Tyler Mackenzie, former investigative journalist, is now just another unshaven, alcoholic, nightmare-addled beach-bum on the Caribbean island of Grenada. Until he is shaken out of his rum-soaked stupor by a call - old friend, Lucy Brookstone is dead in a car crash just a few islands away and her six year old son is missing. Recruiting local beach-ambassador Calvin and Swedish nymphomaniac, Ingrid, as his partners, Tyler sleuths his way through the beaches, bars and bedrooms of Bequia in search of a child and a memory. Can he survive a rendezvous with old enemies as violent as the punk music that made them millionaires? And can he protect Calvin's twin, the gentle and exotically remote Justine? Written with a pitch perfect ear for dialog, an insider's eye for detail, and plenty of gratuitous sex, Dead Reckoning is escapist reading for the thinking person at its best."If you have ever wondered about the anatomy, causes, dynamics and consequences of riots, including responses by the authorities and their legacies, this is the book for youReading Riots is the most ambitious, capacious and original study written on the topic to date. It is sure to be scrutinized and debated across the social sciences and beyond."
Loïc Wacquant, University of California, Berkeley and author of Rethinking the Penal State
"This is a landmark contribution to riot studies. Coalescing decades of scholarship, Tim Newburn advances theory through a life-cycle framework that integrates social identity and micro-sociological perspectives, foregrounding interaction as central to how flashpoints emerge and how civil unrest is ignited, sustained and shaped."
Clifford Stott, Keele University
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509571215 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509571213 |
| Title | Reading Riots |
| Author | Tim Newburn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Polity Press |
| Year published | 2026-07-24 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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