Özet:

The Yellow Belt Movement, which began on November 17, 2018 with more than 280,000 people coming out to protest the government, is the most recent and sharp manifestation of the anti-belt protest wave in Europe. In addition to the global background of these protests, Yellow Jackets have a historic importance for France. The Yellow Jewelry is the biggest social event that France has experienced since the famous 1968 movement. The current article, based on the window of the Political Process Theory and the process analysis technique, focuses on the question of which main political and socio-economic dynamics this movement arises depending on. The appearance of the Yellow Jewelry movement can be linked to the three main factors. First, there is a very favorable socio-economic and political environment (political opportunities, political opportunities) to ensure that this movement arises and spreads among the masses. Under this title, the advanced tax injustice in favor of high-income sectors, the decline in purchasing power, the increased unemployment and uncertainty and privatization, the decline or end of public services, the neoliberal belting policies are promoted. Secondly, the leadership dynamics and the organizational force factor (behavior structures, organizing structures) play an important role in the transfer of social disappointments in this environment to the organizational level. In the case of Yellow Jackets, the use of action repertoires that enhance public visibility and interrupt daily life has been decisive. The adem-i centralistic and mainly based on social media networks character of the actions has added a distinct power to the mass and visibility of the Yellow Jackets. People who manage the Facebook communities linked to the Yellow Jackets have soon moved to the head of the movement. Another prominent factor on the organizational level is the diversity that exists in the social basis of the Yellow Jackets in terms of age, profession and class. Finally, the emergence of the Yellow Jackets movement is related to the frameworking (framing) activities in such a way as to match the conditions of the political and socio-economic environment and to be carried out in a integrated and consistent manner. This situation reflects the whole of the slogan and official demands that dominate the movement. The statement that Macron has used since his arrival in office, and which has directed the workers’ sections, has provided the main material of the collective action frameworks presented by the Yellow Jackets. Furthermore, the use of yellow jackets as a symbol of visibility in the face of neoliberalism constitutes a framework action within itself. In addition to the empirical contribution of the article to the explanation of a social event of global and historical importance, it is also aimed at theoretically distracting the structural and downward tendencies focused on “political opportunities” and contributing to literature, taking into account the subjective factors.