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Tout d’abord, la crise de mai 68 est un évènement ayant affecté la politique française à la fois celle de l’État mais aussi celle des entreprises et du fonctionnement social. D’ailleurs vu l'ampleur des changements, cela a affecté l’économie et la société.

3.1Avant mai 68

La grande grève des mineurs de 1963 met en évidence le mal-être du monde de la mine (qui vit ses dernières années). De 1966 à 1967 de nombreuses grèves se produisent en région parisienne comme en province. Deux millions de travailleurs sont payés au SMIC (salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance) et se sentent en marge de la société. Les salaires baissent de plus en plus et les travailleurs n'en peuvent plus de leurs conditions de travail. Les syndicats contrecarrent les ordonnances de 1967 sur la Sécurité sociale. Le nombre de chômeurs augmentent de manière continue et les jeunes étaient les premiers touchés, le gouvernement avec la collaboration du ministère du Travail, décide de créer l'ANPE (agence Nationale Pour l'Emploi). Cette dernière a pour mission d'assister et de guider les chaumeurs à la recherche d'un emploi ou d'une formation. Elle accompagne les employeurs pour l'embauche et le reclassement des salariés. Bref elle tente de favoriser l'adaptation professionnelle et géographique de ses interlocuteurs.

3.2 Répercussion de la crise de mai 68
Suite à mai 68 en France une très forte croissance économique à lieu. L’idéologie économique domine ainsi que l’expansion. Une restructuration capitaliste à lieu et assortie de subventions sont misses en place. Des fusions et des formations de associations industriels ce forment en grand nombre. Ces derniers possèdent le renforcement du contrôle des grandes banques, ce qui empêche beaucoup de problè...

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...es n’ont plus besoin de se cacher ; la contraception n'était plus un sujet tabou. Il s’agit du révélateur de l'irruption sur la scène politique des générations nombreuses du baby boom, avec leurs nouvelles aspirations. Mai 68 révèle le désir de changement. Bref, il s’agit de la jeunesse d’un peuple qui décide de prendre en main leur pays et qui parvient à le modeler pour le mieux. Mai 68 voit deux Frances s’affronter : celle qui a connu la guerre et les privations et celle qui est à la recherche de nouvelles valeurs, coutumes et loi. La prospérité de la France suite à la crise serait-elle en évidence l’acceptation des adultes et des personnes âgées de l’époque de la nouvelle tournure des événements ou par un cri de la jeunesse ; ainsi la jeunesse aurait influencé et éliminé les anciennes tendances afin de former à la fois une nouvelle France et une France unis.

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