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

Presentation:

Seven years ago, the Yellow Vests movement emerged. While some continue to keep it alive, the vast majority have retreated into their private lives or become involved in other struggles. Studying their trajectories provides insight into both the movement and its consequences on individuals who are largely from working-class backgrounds and have no history of activism. Written by a multidisciplinary research collective, the book uses sociological portraits to describe how these women and men became Yellow Vests. By combining social and territorial configurations, acquired dispositions, and situations experienced during their involvement, the biographical analysis offers a new perspective on several dimensions of this unprecedented social movement: the relationship to the body, commitment as a couple, the relationship to knowledge, the relationship to wages, gender inequalities, territorial anchoring, and the maintenance of commitment.

Bringing together a research group of political scientists, sociologists, geographers, and anthropologists who have been working for several years from a biographical perspective to understand the multiple dimensions of engagement, this book offers sociological portraits of the Yellow Vests to shed light on contemporary developments in political relations, forms of conflict, and the politicization of our societies.

More information on the publisher's website: Le Croquant