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Avery Gordon Editors: Jenny Bourne and Hazel Waters Advisory Editor: A. Sivanandan Reviews Editor: Liz Fekete Race & Class is published quarterly (in July, October, January and April) by Sage (Los Angeles, London, New Delhi and Singapore) on behalf of the Institute of Race Relations, London. ISSN 0306 3968; ISBN 978-0-85702-714-6. Contributions Contributions, editorial and advertising correspondence and books for review should be sent to: The Institute of Race Relations, 2–6 Leeke Street, King’s Cross Road, London WC1X 9HS, UK. Fax: +44 (0)20 7278 0623; Tel: +44 (0)20 7837 0041, email: raceandclass@irr.org.uk. The Institute of Race Relations is precluded from expressing a corporate view: the opinions expressed are therefore those of the contributors. Photocopying and reprint permissions Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, only with prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the Institute of Race Relations. Subscriptions Annual subscription (2012): full rate (includes electronic version) £263/US$486; reduced individual rate: £32/US$59; NGO rate: £113/US$210. Prices include postage. Full rate subscriptions include the right for members of the subscribing institution to access the electronic content of the journal at no extra charge from Sage. The content can be accessed online through a number of electronic journal intermediaries, who may charge for access. Full details available on our website: http://rac.sagepub.com Student discounts, single issue rates and advertising details are available from Sage, 1 Olivers Yard, London EC1Y 1SP. Tel: +44 (0)20 7324 8500, fax: +44 (0)20 7324 8600 [email: subscription@sagepub.co.uk; website: www.sagepublications.com] and in North America from Sage, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. Periodicals postage paid at Rahway, NJ: POSTMASTER, send address corrections to Race & Class, c/o Mercury Airfreight International Ltd, 365 Blair Road, Avenel, NJ 07001, USA. Copyright © 2012 Institute of Race Relations, London Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY (conforming to ANSI Z39.48-1984) A  JOURNAL  ON  RACISM,  EMPIRE  AND  GLOBALISATION Volume 54 July-September 2012 Number 1

Four days in August: the UK riots LEE BRIDGES

Outward bound: transnational capitalism in China JERRY HARRIS

Life and death in the borderlands: Indian sovereignty and military impunity SHUBH MATHUR

‘Missionaries of the new era’: neoliberalism and NGOs in Palestine SIBILLE MERZ

‘To make a better world tomorrow’: St. Clair Drake and the Quakers of Pendle Hill ANDREW ROSA

Commentary

After Lawrence: racial violence and policing in the UK JON BURNETT

De-provincialising police violence: on the recent events at UC Davis DYLAN RODRÍGUEZ

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