ABRIAL, Stéphanie; ALEXANDRE, Chloé; BEDOCK, Camille; GONTHIER, Frédéric; GUERRA, Tristan

doi:10.1057/s41253-022-00185-x

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ABRIAL, Stéphanie
Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales [PACTE]

ALEXANDRE, Chloé
Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales [PACTE]
Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble [IEPG]

BEDOCK, Camille
Centre Émile Durkheim [CED]

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Ce document a été publié dans

French Politics. 2022-12, vol. 20, n° 3-4, p. 479-503

Palgrave Macmillan

Résumé en anglais

By means of an original mixed-method research design, this article analyzes the French Yellow Vests' attitudes to democracy and democratic innovations. First, we find that Yellow Vests' protesters are supportive of innovations aiming at controlling elected representatives, and that populist attitudes enhance support for direct public control. Second, we provide evidence of two different discourses about democracy coexisting within the movement: one, stemming from inexperienced first-time activists, is centered on the control of political elites; the other, coming from more politicized Yellow Vests, rather advocates for direct citizen participation. This article therefore contributes to bridging the literatures on democratic issues in social movement, process preferences, and populism. In particular, we highlight that within 'populist' social movements, various democratic aspirations may cohabit, depending on how protesters define 'the people' and their experience of political protest.< Réduire

Mots clés en anglais

Yellow Vests

Populism

Democratic attitudes

Politicization

Control

Participation

populism

democratic attitudes

politicization

control

participation

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41253-022-00185-x

Project ANR

Les Gilets jaunes : approches pluridisciplinaires des mobilisations et politisations populaires - ANR-20-CE41-0010

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Importé de hal

Unités de recherche

Centre Emile Durkheim - Science politique et sociologie comparatives (CED) - UMR 5116