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The Yellow Vest Movement in France: A Mixed Methods Approach/ Les Gilets jaunes: une approche par les méthodes mixtes

Reference: Magali Della Sudda & Emmanuelle Reungoat (Eds), French Politics, Special Issue “The Yellow Vest Movement in France: A Mixed Methods Approach”, 20, 3-4, 2022.

This first special issue on the Yellow Vests Movement (YVM) published in English has three objectives. First, we advocate that this puzzling movement proved to be an insightful research field for scholars to make a plea for mixed-methods. By so doing, we bridge the usual gaps between positivist and constructivist approaches. Second, after four years of research, this publication is also a first milestone to provide empirical data and analysis of the movement, to better understand its evolution, significance and effects on French society. By combining case-studies and national based comparison, regional face-to-face surveys, national online surveys and in-person surveys, the nine articles provide a clearer and more precise picture of the movement’s composition and its evolution over the months. In addition to a detailed description of the social and political components of the movement, several articles propose to establish bridges between the values and opinions of the Gilets Jaunes or Yellow Vests (YVs), the cultural practices of the social groups from which they come, and the modalities of mobilization and form of politicization, inscribed in space and in time. In this way, they provide the debate with valuable keys to understanding the dynamics of the movement. Third, this special issue consequently further analyses how the YVM challenges contemporary social movements studies, the understanding of uprisings and assumptions about contentious politics. The first article introduces the major analytical issues and mixed methods approaches of the 9 articles and their contributions as whole to scholarship on the study of the YVM and social movements in France and from a comparative perspective.

Editor’s Note

Introduction : Understanding the French Yellow Vest Movement through the lens of mixed methods” : A French Touch in Social Movement studies? by Magali Della Sudda  and  Emmanuelle Reungoat

Shedding light on the Yellow Vests movement through its spatial dimension, from the gathering places to the origins of the participants by Pierre Blavier  & Étienne Walker

From the roundabout to the city center: Women’s agency and the Division of labor in the YV movement by Jean-Baptiste Devaux, Marion Lang, Antoine Lévêque, Christophe Parnet, Valentin Thomas

From Uprising to Secession: A Plea for a Localized and Processual Approach to the Avatars of the Yellow Vests Movement by Olivier Fillieule, Alexandre Dafflon, Zakaria Bendali, Maité Beramendi, Davide Morselli.

Becoming Political While Avoiding Politics: A Study of Yellow Vests First-Timers Emmanuelle Reungoat, François Buton, Cécile Jouhanneau

From Yellow Vest Street Protest to City Council:  When  Movements Run for Office, by Magali Della Sudda & Nathan Gaborit

United In Diversity: Understanding what unites and divides the Yellow Vests by Jean-Yves Dormagen; Laura Michel, Emmanuelle Reungoat

Control or participate? The Yellow Vest democratic aspirations through mixed methods analysis by Camille Bedock, Frédéric Gonthier, Tristan Guerra, Chloé Alexandre, Stephanie Abrial

Bridging the Gap in Social Movement Research: Family as a Vehicule for Mobilization for the Yellow Vests by Antoine Bernard de Raymond & Sylvain Bordiec

Digital Coverage of the Yellow Vests as a Protest Movement, by Olivier Baisnée, Alizé Cavé, Cyriac Gousset, Jérémie Nollet & Fanny Parent

REVIEW ARTICLE : “How political is the Yellow Vest environmentalism? An overview of current social research” by Alix Levain , Chloé Alexandre, Christèle Dondeyne , Charif Elalaoui , Nathan Gaborit, Yann Le Lann, Simon Persico, Emmanuelle Reungoat, Magali Della Sudda 

OBITUARY : In memoriam Laura Pauchard (1989-2022)


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Magali Della Sudda (22 octobre 2022). The Yellow Vest Movement in France: A Mixed Methods Approach/ Les Gilets jaunes: une approche par les méthodes mixtes. Gilets jaunes. Consulté le 24 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/p21b


Magali Della Sudda

Directrice de recherche CNRS au Centre Émile Durkheim (UMR5116) Sciences Po Bordeaux - 11 allée Ausone, 33607 PESSAC Cédex (France)

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