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. 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. 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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: S Waters, S. Waters
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349415052
• ISBN: 978-1-349-41505-2
• Pagine: 190
• Serie: French Politics, Society and Culture; French Politics, Society, and; French Politics, Society and C; French Politics, Society and Culture; French Politics, Society, and
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico; B, Europe, European Politics, Human Rights, European Union, Politics & government, Political science & theory, auseinandersetzen, EU (European Union), Human rights, civil rights, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, European Union Politics, Europe—Politics and government, Political Communication