Annual RC21 Conference 2011

The struggle to belong. Dealing with diversity in 21st century urban settings
Amsterdam (The Netherlands), July 7-9 2011

Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research – Urban Studies
University of Amsterdam – The Netherlands

27. Urban order, crime and citizenship

Organizers: Rivke Jaffe, Gwen van Eijk

27.1 Citizenship and urban order.

Chair: Gwen van Eijk. Discussant: Rivke Jaffe.

Benjamin Etzold (University of Bonn)
Street Food Governance in Dhaka (Bangladesh): The Appropriation of Street Vending Spaces and the Informal Politics of Exploitation

Till Paasche (Plymouth University)
‘The Softer Side of Policing’: Social Development in the revanchist Cape Town

Rowland Atkinson & Simon Parker (University of York)
The Autotomic City: The Strategic Ejection of Unruly Urban Space

Rivke Jaffe (Universiteit Leiden, NL)
Crime and Insurgent Citizenship: Extra-State Rule and Belonging in Urban Jamaica

RT27.1 Violence and Urban Order.

Chair: Rivke Jaffe. Discussant: Simon Parker

Martin Lamotte (École des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociale and,VESPA Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)
“Rebel Without a Pause” (Public Enemy) Hip Hop and Resistance: a theoretical hypothesis

Miranda Iossifidis (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Resisting the givenness of place and “community”: young people and “anti-‐social behaviour” in the public spaces of Lewisham (South East London)

Gwen van Eijk (University of Oxford & University of Amsterdam)
Controlling anti-social behaviour in a mixed neighbourhood: intergroup conflict and neighbourhood policing

IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES

21 December 2011
Deadline for abstract submission

10 January 2011
Notification of selected abstracts

1 March 2011
Registration open

15 May 2011
Deadline for early bird registration and for (some) hotel options

31 May 2011
Deadline for paper submission

15 June 2011
Papers online

7-9 July 2011
Conference