Abstract
I have chosen to review a book called 'Banlieue, lendemains de révolte, a collective work', published in 2006, when the riots was still a burning issue. Authors aim to analyze and understand these riots which took place in the French suburbs in November 2005. What are the main factors of the riots? How do we interpret them? Is there a political significance behind these violent riots? How do the French social, economic and political contexts matter? How does it challenge the French republican model? Had such riots happened in the past? How did political parties answer? Here are the main questions that are raised in the book. It is also important to underline that it is an engaging book which defends a very liberal point of view. Moreover, I found it very interesting that this book was written by a group of 14 authors who have totally different jobs of, a sociologist, an anthropologist, a deputy, an architect, a president of an association, a philosopher, an examining magistrate.
