Riots broke out this week in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, following the lethal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy named as Nahel M. An investigation into his death is continuing but the situation has already triggered protest and anger well beyond (with 1300+ arrests). Whatever the investigation concludes, the incident forms part of a complex, deep-rooted problem. It raises … [Read more...] about Nanterre and the suburbs: the lid comes off
Joseph Downing
About Joseph Downing
Joseph is a senior lecturer in international relations and politics at Aston University in Birmingham. He is the author of French Muslims in Perspective: Nationalism, Post-colonialism and Marginalisation Under the Republic (Palgrave, 2019).