Political Participation and Social Movements

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[...] When the campaign is strong (presidential), it still works. When it is weak (legislative, European), no one trains anyone, and abstention explodes. B. Individualisation of the vote? In the 50-60s, the cleavages were stable. Workers voted to the left, and practicing Catholics to the right. Freezing of cleavages (Lipset and Rokkan). Erosion of the cleavages betrayed, since the 1970s manifested by: - The decline of party identification. The concept of the Michigan paradigm. Disalignment in favor of a more punctual approach. - Erosion of class voting. [...]

[...] Offline and online activists are often the same. 2. The filtering bubbles. Secession in relation to public space: we only talk to those who share our opinion ? risk of radicalization. Fake News. But Neveu nuances the presentism, selective exposure to media existed before digital. Paradox of the Yellow Vests: they simultaneously mobilized very left-wing, very right-wing, conspiracy theorists, and Russian sources - therefore individuals exposed to the most contradictory media. The informational militancy. Critique of traditional media practices ? [...]

[...] Chapter Electoral Participation and Determinants of Voting I. The Models of Voting Explanation We can distinguish 3 families of models that structure the analysis of electoral behavior today. A. Vote, Cleavage and Social Groups This is the first model, the vote is due to cleavages that structure and oppose social worlds to each other. 1. Geographical and Territorial Approach to Votes. The vote is linked to cleavages that structure social groups between each other. André Siegfried. Political Map of Western France Pioneer. [...]

[...] The Construction of Repertoires by Political Institutions In the short term, tactical innovation is decisive. Since the repertoire is not fixed, innovation, improvisation works well. For example: Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott. For example: The yellow vests blocking roundabouts, nobody had seen that before. But once innovation is known, the opponent adapts. So we innovate again, Mc Adam calls it innovation cycles. The police's repressive repertoire: the State also has its repertoire. Della Porta distinguishes three historically successive but coexisting models. [...]

[...] Forms of actions under several forms. Pacification of actions, direct and verbalized demands. The pacification is not spontaneous, it is built by the mobilization entrepreneurs. Ex: the gospel, to channel violence despite repression. Since the 1990s, we have been debating the emergence of a third repertoire, particularly with the use of the internet, social networks, and transnational forms of action. B. Dynamics of social movements and cycles of contestation 1. Processual Approach: the Contested Politics (Tarrow) TarrowDynamics of Contention, 2001). [...]