Affiliation

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Research interests

Citizen participation, local and municipal policies, civil society organizations and state transformations, social innovation

Contact information

Recent publications

• Patsias C. and S. Patsias 2023. “Politicization at the local political level within representative and participative institutions: the example of a poor Montreal borough”. Local Governments studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2023.2205133
• Patsias C. 2023. “The Radicals Watched from the Sidelines or the Ambivalent Citizens’ Relations to Radicalism in a Poor Montreal Neighborhood: How Non-Radical and Radical Groups Conceptualize and Discuss Social Class and Ethnic Identity”. Journal of Civil Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2023.2206155
• Patsias, C et Prévost P. “Pourquoi étudier le palier politique local” (Why studying the local political level?). In J. Prévost and P. May (Eds), Problèmes politiques contemporains (Contemporary Political Issues). Montreal : JFD éditions. 189-202.
• Patsias, C. “Les conseils municipaux” (The Municipal Councils). In S. Breux et A. Mevellec (dir.), Dictionnaire politique de la scène municipale québécoise (Political Dictionnary of Quebec Municipal Scene). PUL. Accepté.

Selected publications

Caroline Patsias, Durazo, J. et S. Patsias. « The Steep and Slippery Slope of Politics: Civic Spirit, Empowerment and Politicization in Citizen Committees », European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, 2018, 6(1) : 95-123.

Benoit M. et Caroline Patsias. « Greening the agri-environmental policy by territorial and participative implementation processes? Evidences from two French regions », Journal of Rural Studies, vol. LV, 2017, p. 1-11.

Caroline Patsias. « Parc-Extension : un quartier montréalais presque ordinaire », dans J-L Klein et R. Shearmur (dir.), Montréal : La cité des cités, Québec , PUQ, 2017, p. 83-104.

Caroline Patsias. Chronique de démocraties ordinaires : le politique au sein des comités de citoyens au Québec et en France, Montréal , Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2016.

Caroline Patsias et S. Patsias. «  Social forums and friendship: A new way of contemplating the notion of friendship in international relations  », dans K. Simon et A. Oelsner (dir.), Friendship in International Relations, New York, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2014, p. 162-181.

Caroline Patsias et S.Patsias. «  The Municipal Political Campaign in the District of Park-Extension in Montréal : How Representatives Avoid Politics  », Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. XXIII, no 2, 2014, p. 123-142.