The contentious French revisited

Nonna Mayer (1)

1 CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS)

The chapter explains the exceptional vitality of the social movement sector in France, with a focus on demonstrations and strikes, and provides an overview of the French research in the field, critical of the dominant North American models.

Keywords: strikes; demonstrations; French exceptionalism

Domains: Political science

Nonna Mayer. The contentious French revisited. Bert Klandermans; Conny M Roggeband; Jacquelien Van Stekelenburg. The Future of Social Movement Research, University of Minnesota Press, pp.426 - 448, 2013. ⟨hal-02402254⟩