Social Movements in France:Towards a New Citizenship

Informationen zum Autor SARAH WATERS is Lecturer in French at The University of Leeds, UK. Klappentext Contemporary France has witnessed a rise of new forms of social movement, mobilising around new causes and articulating changing demands. Sarah Waters examines the new generation of movements in the last decade, from anti-racism and the movement of the unemployed to solidarity or the associations of the 'Sans' . She argues that emerging movements share a profoundly civic dimension: these are movements about rights and are concerned with who has rights and what those rights are. They manifest a desire to reinvent citizenship in the present day in relation to a new set of social struggles and conflicts. Zusammenfassung Contemporary France has witnessed a rise of new forms of social movement, mobilising around new causes and articulating changing demands. She argues that emerging movements share a profoundly civic dimension: these are movements about rights and are concerned with who has rights and what those rights are. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Social Protest in France Today Citizenship and Social Change Antiracism: Theory and Practice From 'Silence to Revolt': The Unemployed Acting for Others: The Solidarity Movement Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography of French Texts Index

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Walters, Waters, S Waters, S. Waters, Sarah Waters
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2003
• EAN: 9780333770436
• ISBN: 978-0-333-77043-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 12 mm
• Series: French Politics, Society and Culture; French Politics, Society, and; French Politics, Society and C; French Politics, Society and Culture; French Politics, Society, and
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; B, Europe, European Politics, Human Rights, European Union, Politics & government, Political science & theory, EU (European Union), Human rights, civil rights, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, European Union Politics, Europe—Politics and government, Political Communication