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The Yellow Vests movement ('Les gilets jaunes') occupied roundabouts across France in late 2018 and remains a puzzling phenomenon. Bringing together protestors across the political spectrum, the movement's democratic character remains ambiguous. Was this populist uprising a radicalisation of democracy that gave voice to the excluded, or an undemocratic claim to speak for "the people" while entrenching hierarchies?
Radical Democracy, Populism and Desire articulates empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, using the Yellow Vests as a prism to rethink democratic theory. Drawing on psychosocial interviews with grassroots participants, it explores how identities were constructed, contested and steered within the movement. Thomás Zicman de Barros argues that the protests were driven by a desire for recognition and belonging, but that this desire could be mobilised in sharply different directions. By tracing these coexisting modes of identification, the book exposes the fraught and ambiguous ties between populism and democracy in contemporary politics.
Contents
Introduction: The Yellow Vests Enigma
1. Were the Yellow Vests Populists?
2. Were the Yellow Vests Radical Democratic?
3. The Yellow Vest as an Empty Signifier
4. Demands and Desire in a French Roundabout
5. The Yellow Vests as a Symptom
6. The Yellow Vests as Sublimation
Conclusion: What Can be Learned from the Yellow Vests?
Appendix 1: Prominent Figures among the Yellow Vests
Appendix 2: Key Documents



