Titlebook: Social Movements in France; Towards a New Citize Sarah Waters Book 2003 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003

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,From ‘Silence to Revolt’: the Unemployed,nds of demonstrators, over a three-month period, occupied benefit agencies, local council buildings and public utility offices. They held demonstrations, organised marches and called for the ‘right to work’ to be established as a genuine right of all French citizens. The conflict was sparked off by

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Acting for Others: the Solidarity Movement,or political causes. French citizens have apparently retreated from the public sphere and are motivated by private interests and desires alone. For many observers, a ‘new individualism’ now pervades every aspect of public life, leading to a disintegration of collective social bonds.. However, one of

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Conclusion,vances and desires. And France is no longer a nation where movements in society constitute a powerful force, challenging political authority and furthering social change. Gone is the quest for a better society. Gone is the revolutionary impetus of past struggles. In today’s society, people have appa

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2946-3750 rah Waters examines the new generation of movements in the last decade, from anti-racism and the movement of the unemployed to solidarity or the associations of the ‘Sans‘ . She argues that emerging movements share a profoundly civic dimension: these are movements about rights and are concerned with

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2946-3750 who has rights and what those rights are. They manifest a desire to reinvent citizenship in the present day in relation to a new set of social struggles and conflicts.978-1-349-41505-2978-1-4039-4822-9Series ISSN 2946-3750 Series E-ISSN 2946-3769

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