Social Movements in France: Towards a New Citizenship

by S. Waters

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349415052
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Series:	French Politics, Society and Culture
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

SARAH WATERS is Lecturer in French at The University of Leeds, UK.

Table of Contents

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