Axis “Governance, institutions, and citizen participation”

Laurence Bherer

Regular member

Affiliation

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science (Université de Montréal)

Research interests

Public participation; urban policy; public policy; deliberative theory; relations between citizens; public administration; local democracy

 

Contact information


3200, Jean-Brillant St.
Office C-4028
Montreal (Quebec), Canada H3T 1N8
Phone: (514) 343-6111, ext. 0744

laurence.bherer [at] umontreal.ca (> Email)

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Ongoing projects


  • Réseau d'études urbaines Villes, Régions, Mondes (co-chercheure)
  • "Les pratiques informelles de participation : une voie alternative vers la participation politique" (Lead, 2016-2019)
  • "Democracia asociativa: autonomia responsable, sesgo participativo o circulo vicioso?" (co-researcher, 2016-2019)

 

Selected publications


Bherer, Laurence, Pascale Dufour and Françoise Montambeault (eds.). The participatory democracy turn, Routledge, 2018, 156 pages.

Dufour, Pascale, Laurence Bherer and Christine Rothmayr Allison. “’Faire de la politique soi-même:’ le cas des mobilisations contre les gaz de schiste au Québec,” Revue canadienne de science politique, vol. 48, n° 1, 2015, p. 125-146.

L. Van Neste, Sophie and Laurence Bherer. “The Spatial Puzzle of Mobilising for Car Alternatives in the Montreal City-Region,” Urban Studies, vol. 51, n° 11, 2013, p. 2406-2425.

Patsias, Caroline, Anne Latendresse and Laurence Bherer. “Participatory Democracy, Decentralization and Local Governance: the Montreal Participatory Budget in the light of ‘Empowered Participatory Governance,’” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, vol. 37, n° 6, 2013, p. 2214-2230.

Bherer, Laurence and Sandra Breux. “The Diversity of Participation Tools: Complementing or Competing with one Another?,” Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 45, n° 2, 2012, p. 379-403.

Bherer, Laurence. “Les relations ambiguës entre participation et politiques publiques,” Participation. Revue de sciences sociales sur la citoyenneté et la démocratie, vol. 1, n° 1, 2011, p. 105-133.

Breux, Sandra and Laurence Bherer (eds.). Les élections municipales au Québec : enjeux et perspectives, Québec, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2011, 362 pages.

Bherer, Laurence. “Successful and Unsuccessful Participatory Arrangements : Why is There a Participatory Movement at the Local Level?,” Journal of Urban Affairs, vol. 32, n° 2, 2010, p. 287-303.

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