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ÉRIGAL

Research Team on Inclusion and Governance in Latin America - ÉRIGAL

The research team on Inclusion and Governance in Latin America (ÉRIGAL) was created in 2017 and is led by Françoise Montambeault (Political Science, Université de Montréal). The team is interested in major social and political transformations in Latin America that have been taking place since the turn of the 21st century.

The nine researchers from six university institutions are located in three regions (Concordia, McGill, Université de Montréal, ULaval, UQÀM et UQO), come from two linguistic worlds in Quebec and are all political scientists.Their approaches, study fields and methods of research are varied, converging and complementary.

Recognised as specialists in contemporary dynamics of inclusion, citizenship and governance in Latin America, they are well-connected to academic circles in Latin America, Europe and North America.

The synergy that animates the team’s research agenda stems from the lack of systematic reflection in Quebec on the major social and political transformations that have been taking place since the turn of the 21st century in Latin America.

All while the region has been undergoing important socio-political changes for the last three decades and seems to be experiencing a return to conservatism after more than a decade of leftist governance. In this context, new political and social forces emerge or re-emerge, and major debates have begun on the subjects of democracy and citizenship.

What is the legacy of these transformations? How have the dynamics of governance, inclusion and construction of citizenship evolved when development models are become uncertain (dubbed post-liberalism by some observers)?

These questions are particularly important today; as the model of leftist governance seems to be eroding in Latin America, new political and social forces emerge and re-emerge and ignite major debates on democratic governance.

ERIGAL examines these major transformations and the relationship between the state and society which emerge by developing a research agenda around three main themes:

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Development governance and citizenship regimes;

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Informality in public space and modes of governance;

03

Governance of conflicts: resilience and resistance.