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Comparing the Protests of Undocumented Migrants Beyond Contexts: Collective Actions as Acts of Emancipation
(2013-03)
In this article, we demonstrate that the collective actions of undocumented migrants possess similar symbolic dimensions, even if the contexts of their actions differ. We explain this finding by focusing on the power ...
The Mobilization against the 2005 treaty establishing a constitution for Europe : a French mobilization for another Europe
(2010-11)
Why did a majority of French voters reject the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe in the 2005 referendum? We argue here that the collective mobilization of the left-wing ‘No’ camp made the decisive difference ...
Mobilizing in borderline citizenship regimes : a comparative analysis of undocumented migrants’ collective actions
(2011-06)
This article seeks to explain how and why groups and networks of undocumented migrants mobilizing in Berlin, Montréal, and Paris since the beginning of the 2000s construct different types of claims. The authors explore the ...
Practices of Local Social Forums: The Building of Tactical and Cultural Collective Action Repertoires
(2013)
Since the first edition of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2001, similar initiatives have flourished at the local scales. In the existing literature, local social forums are generally considered to be a ...
Globalization and the collective action of the socially excluded in France : At the heart of the margins?
(2009)
In this article, we consider the changing relationships between French ‘have-not’ movements (the unemployed, the homeless, undocumented persons) and the main organizations involved in the alter-globalization field from ...
Marginalization and Transnationalizing Movements: How Does One Relate to the Other?
(Springer, 2013)
The main objective of this chapter is to address the following theoretical issue: How are the transnationalization and the marginalization processes related? We suggest that in order to understand more accurately how ...