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 want 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, this 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 relationship to wages, gender inequalities, territorial roots, and sustained engagement.”

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

More information on the publisher's website: Le Croquant