The power of politics : new social movements in France / Jan Willem Duyvendak.

Author
Duyvendak, Jan Willem [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, ©1995.
Description
xii, 251 p. ; 23 cm.

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    • In the turbulent years of the 1960s and 1970s, France, like other European countries and the United States, was rocked by a new wave of social movements. The early development of a strong antinuclear movement during the 1970s made France the prototypical country for new social movements (NSMs). However, in the 1980s, these French NSMs experienced a strong decline. In this book, Jan Willem Duyvendak compares the surprising development of these NSMs in France - for peace, the environment, an end to nuclear technology, solidarity, squatters' rights, women's rights, and gay rights - to the development of similar campaigns in Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
    • Although all of these countries share more or less the same economic characteristics, they have different political traditions. Duyvendak finds that by the 1980s, the new social movements were weaker in France because of France's tradition of "old" political conflicts. He concludes that because France was still beset with political splits between center-periphery and urban-country as well as religious and class strife, the development of French society during the 1980s took place at the expense of these new social movements.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-251).
    Contents
    • 1. The Movements That Vanished. The Problem: French Exceptionalism. The Explanations. The Book
    • 2. A Theory: Social Movements and Politics. In Search of Social Movements. Something New Under the Sun? A Motivational Theory of Movement Action. Types and Trajectories. The Political Opportunity Structure. Understanding Protest
    • 3. Formal and Informal Politics. The Formal Institutional Structure of the State. Informal Procedures and Prevailing Strategies of Dealing with Challengers: Inclusive or Exclusive? Formal and Informal Characteristics Combined
    • 4. Polarizing and Paralyzing Politics. The Configuration of Power. The French POS and the Perseverance of Traditional Protest
    • 5. The Aborted Wave. The Queen of All Waves: May-June '68 and Its Aftermath. The NSM Wave from 1975 Through 1989
    • 6. Seven Social Movements. The Unknown Movement: The Peace Movement. The Strength of Solidarity: The Success of the Solidarity Movement.
    ISBN
    • 0813387221 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780813387222 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    95023074
    OCLC
    32665898
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