The Gilets Jaunes protests

Mobilisation without third-party support

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12280378
AutoresFrédéric Royall (University of Limerick, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen28
Número1
Páginas99-118
Fecha de publicación2019-10-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaModern & Contemporary France (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0963-9489 • E-ISSN: 1469-9869
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09639489.2019.1676217
OpenAlexW2981135759
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas31

Starting in mid-November 2018 and lasting well into 2019, people mobilised throughout France in what has been entitled by some the gilets jaunes movement. Drawn initially from mainly rural and semi-urban areas the protesters used a mixture of traditional and innovative action repertoires such as rallies, demonstrations, the occupation of public and private spaces, or on-line activism. With support for the protesters overwhelmingly positive, public authorities struggled to contain them despite deploying law-enforcement personnel on a massive scale, withdrawing some controversial policies, or initiating new social, economic and fiscal policy measures. In reviewing and analysing the events’ key phases and aspects, this article points to a theoretical perplexity—the gilets jaunes mobilised without institutional and third-party support—and draws attention to the ways that current research tools can help scholars to assess this puzzle

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