The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy : Taking to the Streets of Paris in the 21st Century.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Susser, Ida.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

Written under the shadow of growing authoritarianism in the U.S. and Europe, this book is an effort to understand resistance movements of the twenty-first century. It foregrounds the Yellow Vests to present an accurate and timely picture of a protest movement that baffled analysts and blurred the boundaries of left and right.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsement

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: Reflections

Chronology of significant events discussed in the book

Maps

List of Figures

Introduction: The swing of the pendulum

Chapter 1 Commoning and collective visions in global context

Chapter 2 Rhyming the rebellious century: Marianne and the Place de la République

Chapter 3 Nuit debout: Commoning, crossing thresholds, and prefigurative politics

Chapter 4 From occupation to transformation: The consequences of Nuit debout

Chapter 5 Yellow Vests: "They Are Stealing the State"

Chapter 6 The creation of the Yellow Vests community: Roundabouts and cabins

Chapter 7 Thresholding and shared imaginaries: Environment, Black Lives Matter, and the silences between left and right

Chapter 8 The longue durée: Why the fear of the Yellow Vests?

Chapter 9 Memoirs of a working-class childhood

Chapter 10 Life in the Banlieues: A Red Belt suburb

Chapter 11 Immigration, race, and racism in Seine-Saint-Denis

Chapter 12 The revanchist city: Violence among police and protesters

Chapter 13 May Day!: Unions, nature, and the street

Chapter 14 Conclusions: Transformative Movements and the emergence of an historic bloc: the politics of possibility

Afterword: Commoning toward a public and ecological democracy

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-003-53451-1

OCLC:

1555175614