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Dr Paul Bagguley provides analyses on riots

10 August 2011 | Matthew Wilkinson

Who are troublemakers behind UK riots? (CNN, 09/08/11)

As rioting and looting spreads beyond the capital, Dr Paul Bagguley provides further analysis of what triggered the unrest. He says that the long-term impact of the global economic downturn has helped fan the flames.

http://bit.ly/p3bEOg

Dr Bagguley also quoted in:

UK riots: What turns people into looters? (BBC News online, 09/08/11)

http://bbc.in/o3hrzX (Online only)

Britain in the grip of riots – but why? (Channel 4 news website, 09/08/11)

http://bit.ly/pmCHrB (Online only)

Video clip: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/question-economics-looting-uk-14275105

(in german): http://taz.de/Strassenschlachten-in-Grossbritannien/!76052/

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2087701,00.html

 


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