Publication: The Future of the Yellow Vests – Emmanuelle Reungoat, François Buton, Étienne Walker, Sylvain Bordiec, Christèle Dondeyne

Overview:

“Seven years ago, the Yellow Vests movement emerged. While some continue to keep it alive, a very large majority has retreated into the private sphere or become involved in other struggles. Studying their trajectories helps us understand both the movement and its impact on individuals who largely come from working-class backgrounds and have no history of activism. Written by a multidisciplinary research collective, this book aims to use sociological portraits to describe how these women and men became Yellow Vests. By cross-examining social and territorial contexts, acquired dispositions, and lived experiences within the movement, the biographical analysis offers a fresh perspective on several dimensions of this unprecedented social movement: the relationship to the body, engagement as a couple, the relationship to knowledge, the wage relationship, gender inequalities, territorial roots, and the maintenance of commitment.”

Bringing together over several years a research group of political scientists, sociologists, geographers, and anthropologists who adopted a biographical perspective to explore the many dimensions of civic engagement, this book presents sociological portraits of the Yellow Vests to shed light on contemporary shifts in our relationship with politics, as well as the forms of conflict and politicization in our societies.

For more information, visit the publisher’s website: Le Croquant