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How does the state restore order during crisis? Lessons from the UK’s response to the “Riots” of August 2011

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Morrell, Kevin, Heracleous, Loizos Th., Fuller, Crispian and Bradford, Ben (2021) How does the state restore order during crisis? Lessons from the UK’s response to the “Riots” of August 2011. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 57 (1). pp. 80-103. doi:10.1177/0021886320953848 ISSN 0021-8863.

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Abstract

We use speech act theory to study the U.K. state’s response to large-scale public disorder across English cities in August 2011. This historical case has practical implications for understanding how nation states address other crises—because we explain in detail how the discourse of powerful state actors restores order. Drawing on parliamentary debate, Select Committee testimony, and interviews with police officers, our contribution is to describe and analyze how this happened contemporaneously at different levels. At street level, this involved the reassertion of sovereignty through territorial struggles by the police. At what we call “state level,” speech act theory helps us show how Members of Parliament framed the disorder and participants in ways that supported the reestablishment of norms and of order; principally through homogenization, in a process we describe as “tidying.”

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
K Law [LC] > KD England and Wales
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Speech acts (Linguistics) , Disorderly conduct -- England, Law enforcement -- England, Riots -- England , Social change -- England , Public policy (Law), Social control -- England , Offenses against public safety -- England
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
ISSN: 0021-8863
Official Date: 1 March 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
1 March 2021Published
31 August 2020Available
3 August 2020Accepted
Volume: 57
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 80-103
DOI: 10.1177/0021886320953848
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): Posted ahead of print. Morrell, Kevin, Heracleous, Loizos Th., Fuller, Crispian and Bradford, Ben (2020) How does the state restore order during crisis? Lessons from the UK’s response to the “Riots” of August 2011. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science . (In Press) Copyright © 2020 (The Authors). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: [DOI]
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 13 August 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 13 August 2020

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