Andrew Smith warns that policing, political blame are no substitute for social reform & public trust
You can't police yourself into a political future,” explains Andrew Smith, historian of modern France at Queen Mary University of London.
France 24 reports: You can't police yourself into a political future,” explains Andrew Smith, historian of modern France at Queen Mary University of London.
“You can't police yourself into social cohesion. He identifies a central paradox confronting the French Republic: the state may possess the means to impose public order, yet lack the political capacity to address the demands and grievances driving mass mobilisation.
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- Smith examines the tensions between social protest, presidential authority and democratic legitimacy amid renewed unrest in France: “500,000 people on the streets of France doesn't… (France 24)
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