{"product_id":"disrupting-order-tension-riots-and-social-change-9783032010391","title":"Disrupting Order: Tension, Riots, and Social Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eDisrupting Order\u003c\/em\u003e, authors Nona and Virgil Storr provide a compelling reassessment of the significance of the Burma Road Riot.... Beyond a solid theoretical intervention, the authors are to be commended for the depth of archival and ethnographic research that makes this study an excellent contribution to Bahamian social-political history and larger studies on public disturbances.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Curry\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eFreedom and Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book provides a fascinating account of the 1942 riot that occurred in the Bahamas.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Moran\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Republic and the Riots\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It does not glorify unrest but provides a thoughtful framework to understand why such moments arise and how they shape the trajectory of a people.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eJ. Kwasi Thompson\u003c\/strong\u003e, Member of Parliament for East Grand Bahama and Former Minister of State for Grand Bahama and Finance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre riots more than just breakdowns of order? Are rioters just violently and chaotically disrupting the status quo or are they individuals acting together in a surprisingly orderly manner? In \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisrupting Order\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eNona Martin Storr and Virgil Henry Storr argue that riots are rule-governed, self-generating, emergent phenomena. Viewing riots as what they call \"tensive emergent orders\" offers a grammar for discussing riots that foregrounds the motivations and actions of individual rioters, the tacit rules that rioters follow, and the socio-political causes and consequences of riots. Applying this grammar to the 1942 riot that occurred in the Bahamas, Storr and Storr demonstrate how the 1942 riot was not just a momentary outburst but a watershed event in the country's history, ushering in far-reaching socio-political changes. As we move into an era of frequent extreme protests, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisrupting Order \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eurges us to rethink why the threatened and marginalized sometimes speak through riots and gives us a framework to assess the impact of their speaking in this way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783032010391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234","brand":"Nona Martin Storr,Virgil Henry Storr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53273293258933,"sku":"9783032010391","price":32.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9783032010391.jpg?v=1789485026","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/disrupting-order-tension-riots-and-social-change-9783032010391","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}