Abstract
Based on 366 biographical interviews and 284 life calendars collected from individuals who were activists in the 1960s in five major French cities, and as part of a collective research project that explores the consequences of this involvement with regard to activist, professional and personal development (Sombrero, 2013-2018), we propose a unique strategy for processing these biographical data. By combining sequence analyses, multiple correspondence analysis, multiple factor analysis and cluster analysis, we present a methodological proposal to better meet the theoretical requirements of an interactionist analysis in terms of career development. Such a method helps to build a typology of biographical trajectories that can be considered as representative of each cluster identified.
Translated title of the contribution | Lifetimes of Commitment: Methodological Proposal to Explore the Biographical Consequences of Activism amongst the French May 68 Generation |
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Original language | French |
Journal | Revue Francaise de Science Politique |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 631-683 |
Number of pages | 53 |
ISSN | 0035-2950 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Activist careers
- Biographical consequenses of activism
- May 1968 generation
- Sequence analysis
- Multiple factor analysis
- Life calendars