1.A few thoughts on the scholarly literature of riots & popular protests, perhaps useful for understanding Ferguson.
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6. In writing on 18th century food riots, Thompson showed that far from being mindless, popular protests highly ritualized & followed script
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7. With food riots, you have very consistent pattern: broke out when authorities failed to uphold social contract based on moral economy
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