{"product_id":"9783032010391","title":"Disrupting Order Tension, Riots, and Social Change","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMercatus Studies in Political and Social Economy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDisrupting Order\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTension, Riots, and Social Change\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNona Martin Storr | Virgil Henry Storr\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Political Economy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\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\u003eDisruptive Order\u003c\/em\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 s\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eocio-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 \u003c\/span\u003ea 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\u003eDisruptive Order \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f497d;\"\u003eNona Martin Storr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f497d; background: white;\"\u003e is Senior Affiliated Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Her scholarly work has focused on the political and social histories of disadvantaged communities. She holds a PhD in History from George Mason University and a MA in Public History (with an emphasis in oral history) from Loyola University Chicago. Her writings on riots have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Caribbean History\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIsland Studies Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSpace and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eVirgil Henry Storr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f497d; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e is \u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eDon C. Lavoie Senior Fellow in the Mercatus Center's F.A. Hayek Program in Philosophy, Politics and Economics \u003c\/span\u003eand Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Storr’s previous books with Palgrave Macmillan include \u003cem\u003eDo Markets Corrupt Our Morals? \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCommunity Revival in the Wake of Disaster\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032010391\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44364682363020,"sku":"9783032010391","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032010391","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}