After the riots

By Sonia Soltani and Sonia Soltani Sonia Soltani2006-05-19T00:00:00

Cease and desist: Officers arrest rioting youths at the Cité des 4 Tours housing estate in the Paris suburb of Le Blanc Mesnil last November

Youths running wild on suburban streets, police cracking down, violence, poverty, despair - not a scene from La Haine but real-life France last autumn. To stop this happening again, the French government is trying to revive the banlieues. Will it succeed and what can we learn from its efforts?

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