How Economic Inequality Fuels the Rise and Persistence of the Yellow Vest Movement

Our analysis explores the rise of the Yellow Vest movement as a collective response to perceptions of growing levels of economic inequality in France whereby collective action is triggered by the perceived illegitimacy of the growing gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’. We highlight different ps...

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Main Authors: Jolanda Jetten, Frank Mols, Hema Preya Selvanathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2020-01-01
Series:International Review of Social Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.rips-irsp.com/articles/356