Mad mobs and Englishmen?:Myths and realities of the 2011 riots: Media coverage on publication -- a round-up

Friday, 18 November 2011

Media coverage on publication -- a round-up

There has been widespread coverage of Mad mobs and Englishmen? across the media, since it published on Friday 18^th November. Here’s a quick round-up of some of the main features:

Print:

Radio:

All in the Mind – Radio 4 programme interviewed the authors as a feature on the riots, that aired on Tuesday 22^nd at 9pm: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017cfv8

LBC radio – interviewed the authors at 8pm on Friday 18^th November: http://lbc.audioagain.com/index.php?sid=1&player=showchannel&channel_id=347.

Good morning Scotland – the BBC Scotland morning programme – interviewed the authors on the morning of Friday 18^th November: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hf7

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PRAISE FOR THE BOOK

"An excellent and important book. In this fascinating account, Reicher and Stott challenge the widespread dismissal of the riots as 'criminality pure and simple'. They offer compelling evidence for an alternative view of what really caused the uprisings. All of us, especially our policy makers, need to take note in order to prevent more riots in the future."

George Akerlof, Nobel Prize-Winner in Economics, 2001 and Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley

"Readable, considered and enlightening… at last, an authoritative examination of the riots by leading experts on the social psychology of crowd behaviour. Anyone who really wants to understand the riots should read this."

Claudia Hammond, writer and broadcaster.

"The aftermath of the summer riots saw a rush to find simple explanations - few of them rooted in evidence. Reicher and Stott’s book marks one of the first attempts to look beyond the political rhetoric. Drilling down into two case studies - disturbances in Tottenham and Hackney - they have emerged with some intriguing insights into what the disorder may have been about."

Paul Lewis, Special Projects Editor for The Guardian and named Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards 2010.

"Insightful and well-argued… one of the most penetrating analyses of “rioting” ever published. A must-read for anyone wishing to understand the issues behind urban conflict."

Jim Sidanius, Professor of Psychology and African and African American Studies at Harvard University

“This reasoned and intelligent approach is in stark contrast to the moral panics apparent in Westminster and the media in the immediate aftermath of the riots. They have endeavoured to present a carefully researched document that seeks to understand such events and find workable strategies to prevent future occurrences and should be congratulated.”

Superintendent Roger Evans, former Deputy Commander of the Metropolitan Police Territorial Support Group.

"Reicher and Stott provide the nation with a comprehensively researched examination of riots and rioting in Britain, with an instructive focus on what we have failed to learn from the widespread civil disorder in 1981. David Cameron should take his entire Cabinet on a weekend retreat to read the book and examine its implications for how government now deals with issues of policing, community engagement, social exclusion, poverty and the social and economic challenges facing young people in the society."

Professor Gus John is a fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London and visiting faculty professor of education at the University of Strathclyde, and writes regularly for the press.

Mad mobs and Englishmen?:
Myths and realities of the 2011 riots

Friday, 18 November 2011

Media coverage on publication -- a round-up

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