The Power Of Politics: New Social Movements In France

ISBN-13: 9780367310752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 264 str.

Jan Willem Duyvendak

Opis

In this book, the author compares New Social Movements (NSM) development in France with NSM development in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. He finds that by the 1980s, the new social movements were weaker in France because of France's tradition of "old" political conflicts.

Spis treści

New Social Movements -- The Movements That Vanished -- A Theory: Social Movements and Politics -- New Social Movements and the French Political Opportunity Structure -- Formal and Informal Politics1 -- Polarizing and Paralyzing Politics -- New Social Movements in France -- The Aborted Wave -- Seven Social Movements -- Conclusions -- Some Retrospective and Prospective Remarks -- The Newspaper Research -- French Governments -- SMOs Interviewed -- Bibliography per Movement

O autorze

Jan Willem Duyvendakis a research fellow at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research.