{"title":"What colour is your vest? Reflections on the yellow vest movement in France","authors":"Stefan Kipfer","doi":"10.1080/07078552.2019.1682780","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper analyzes the gilets jaunes revolt in France in the current political conjuncture. It argues that the yellow vest phenomenon is both symptom and cause of the ongoing political crisis in France and Europe. To develop this argument, the paper situates the yellow vests within the balance of political forces and unpacks their novel spatial dynamic of mobilization, including the implication of this dynamic for political ecology and the meaning of the right to the city.","PeriodicalId":39831,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Political Economy","volume":"100 1","pages":"209 - 231"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07078552.2019.1682780","citationCount":"15","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Studies in Political Economy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07078552.2019.1682780","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract This paper analyzes the gilets jaunes revolt in France in the current political conjuncture. It argues that the yellow vest phenomenon is both symptom and cause of the ongoing political crisis in France and Europe. To develop this argument, the paper situates the yellow vests within the balance of political forces and unpacks their novel spatial dynamic of mobilization, including the implication of this dynamic for political ecology and the meaning of the right to the city.
期刊介绍:
Studies in Political Economy is an interdisciplinary journal committed to the publication of original work in the various traditions of socialist political economy. Researchers and analysts within these traditions seek to understand how political, economic and cultural processes and struggles interact to shape and reshape the conditions of people"s lives.