Hylton, Patrick and Goddard, Paul (2012) The missing citizenship: psychology and riots. ATP Today (2). ISSN 0305-7607

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Abstract

In an analysis of the riots, looting and damage that took place between 6-10 August 2011, Reicher & Stott (2011) stated these events were not simply mindless criminality or the irrational mentality of mob. Rather, they highlighted four key concepts to understanding the events: people’s grievances, lack of opportunity, empowerment and shared identity. While this analysis is impressive, this present paper wants to highlight a concept in need of much more psychological enquiry, and which can be related to these and other events.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	In an analysis of the riots, looting and damage that took place between 6-10 August 2011, Reicher & Stott (2011) stated these events were not simply mindless criminality or the irrational mentality of mob. Rather, they highlighted four key concepts to understanding the events: people’s grievances, lack of opportunity, empowerment and shared identity. While this analysis is impressive, this present paper wants to highlight a concept in need of much more psychological enquiry, and which can be related to these and other events.
Keywords:	Citizenship, Riots
Subjects:	C Biological Sciences > C800 Psychology C Biological Sciences > C890 Psychology not elsewhere classified
Divisions:	College of Social Sciences > Faculty of Health & Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User:	Alison Wilson
Date Deposited:	09 Aug 2012 21:39
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 09:12
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/6040

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