Rioting and Violent Protest in Comparative Perspective

Theoretical Considerations, Empirical Puzzles

Athens 9-11 December 2009                                             An International Conference

Wednesday 9 December

I

18.30 Opening Session

Opening Remarks by

·                                           the Rector of Panteion University Prof P. V. Tsiris

·                                           the Chair of the Dept of Politics & History, Prof Prokopis Papastratis

·                                           the Vice-Chair of the Post-Graduate Programme in  Politics & History, Prof Nikos Theotokas

19.30: Introductory Remarks: Rioting and Violent Protest in Comparative Perspective, Seraphim Seferiades (Panteion University, Contentious Politics Circle)

19:40: Keynote address

Frances Fox Piven, Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

The Role of Violence in Mass Protests

20.15: Intermission

20.30: December of Rage (a documentary), 45’

Karanikolas Erikos, Kersanidis Akis, Masouras Asteris, Poulimeni Stavroula, Tzelepi Chryssa, Tsifis Sebastian, Wherlok Craig

Thursday 10 December

II  10.00-12.00

Political and Cultural Trajectories of rioting: an international perspective

Chair: G. Moschonas, Panteion University

M. Oberti, Sciences Po

The French Republican Model of Integration: the Theory of Cohesion and the Practice of Exclusion

M. Simiti, University of Piraeus

The Changing Flow of Rioting

M. King, Birmingham City University

Comparing the French Riots from 2005 with the Urban Disorders in England & Wales since the 1980s: Causal similarities?

J. Goldstone, George Mason University

Whose Violence? Protest and Repression in the wake of the June elections in Iran.

III  12.30-14.30

‘Behind the Lines’: structural and dynamic causes in the development of a foretold uprising

Chair: D. Christopoulos, Panteion University

D. Papankiolopoulos, Panteion University

‘You’ve ruined our lives, we will ruin everything’: Contentious December’s Causal Mechanisms

Κ. Kanellopoulos, Panteion University

The accidental eruption of an anarchist movement

N. Loudos, Panteion University

‘Minorities’, ‘Vanguards’ and the counter-Hegemonic Claim. December had a prelude

IV  17.00-19.00

Constructing the image of the ‘rebellious rioter’: Passing the Baton to Discourse

Chair: Μ.Simiti, University of Piraeus

Κ. Kostopoulos, Panteion University

Intellectuals and ‘December’. Silence or Intervention?

P. Papatheodorou, Panteion University

Rage is an Intergenerational Gift : a Psychoanalytic Approach

X. Chryssohoou, D. Barka, G. Panitsa, Panteion University

Give us our Future Back: Motives, Representations and Identities in School Student Collective Action During December

V  19.30-21.30

‘Young Age’: Sociographic Approaches in the  Analysis of Public Contentious Action

Chair: S. Pesmaoglou,Panteion University

H. Johnston, San Diego State University

Youth Activism and Cognition: New Dimensions in the ‘Conflict of Generations

K. Markidis, Université Paris VIII

«Savoir manifester ou pas?»: The National-Didactic Approach  of  the youthful mobilisations of the young in France (November 2005-May 2006)

M. Vakaloulis, Université Paris VIII

Crisis, political socialisation and youthful contentiousness

Friday 11 December

VI  10.00-12.00

Institutional Actors, Politics and the Uprising: Parallel Monologues?

Chair: Μ. Spourdalakis, University of Athens

Th. Kampayiannis, Panteion University

Leftist Party Presence, Intervention and Perspectives in the December 2008 Uprising

G. Katsambekis, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

SYRIZA and December: The Limits of Youth-Populism and the War against the Real

Ch. Simos, University of Athens

SYN and ‘balaclava-Wearers’: Enemies of Friends? Contradicitions in the Political Discourse of the Coalition of the Left during the December Uprising

D. Papadatos-Anagnostopoulos

Regarding the re-legitimation of the Coercive Apparatus, and the re-casting of the PASOK as a ‘State Party’: Parties and Mass Media in the December Uprising

VII  12.30-14.30

Political Violence and Coercion: Relational Approaches

Chair: Ν.Serdedakis, University of Crete

D. dellaPorta, European University Institute

Riots: a dynamic view

M. Diani, University of Trento

The Unusual Suspects: Radical Repertoires in Consensual Settings

D. Rucht, Free University of Berlin

Political Violence in Germany

D. Waddington, Sheffield Hallam University

Applying the Flashpoints Model of public Disorder to the 2001 Bradford Riot: Implications For Public Order Policing

VIII  17.00-19.00

‘Old’ and ‘New’ Contentious Subjects in the Greek December ’08: Contentious Repertoire Renewal?

Chair: D. Charalambis, University of Athens

G. P. Anastasopoulos, Panteion University

‘You Lead Fake Lives’: Ruptures and New Approaches in Social Critique and Political Thought, through the Uprising’s Political Activity

Th. Tsakiris

The December 2008 Uprising and Trade Unions: The Case of the New Unions of the Casually Employed

K. Kavoulakos, Aristotelian University of  Thessaloniki)

Organised Violence Following the December 2008 Uprising

D. Potari, University of Oxford

A Structural Approach of the December Uprising: Barriers and Legitimation Crises

IX  19.30-21.30

Insurrectionary Collective Action as Contentious Politics: Critical Theoretical Clarifications

Chair: M. Diani, University of Trento

C. Rootes, University of Kent

Riots and Violent Protest: Situational and Contrived Political Confrontation through four Decades

Ν.Serdedakis, University of Crete

Uprisings and Social Movements: A Theoretical Synthesis

L. Kotronaki/S. Seferiades, Panteion University

Along the Pathways of Rage: The Space-time of an Uprising (Athens, December 2008)