From the roundabout to the city center: women’s activist careers and socio-spatial division of activist labor in the Yellow Vest movement
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2022
- handle: 10670/1.im0nx3
- hal: hal-03823795
- doi: 10.1057/s41253-022-00193-x
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Jean-Baptiste Devaux et al., « From the roundabout to the city center: women’s activist careers and socio-spatial division of activist labor in the Yellow Vest movement », Archive ouverte de Sciences Po (SPIRE), ID : 10.1057/s41253-022-00193-x
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"This article follows on from various studies that analyze the internal sociological heterogeneity of social movements and the power relations resulting from it. It focuses on the activist careers of three female activists in the French Yellow Vest movement and shows that the loose, decentralized structure of this movement allows for the emergence of spaces where it is possible, locally and temporarily, to subvert power relations. The demonstration is processual and chronological. We start by analyzing how the social and political background of the three women informed the way they entered the movement and seek what they regard as their rightful place, whether as organizer or as grassroots activist. We then show how the mix of such backgrounds and their first steps in the movements led them to negotiate, stay, or escape from the mobilization sites they frequented"