André Lecours is Full Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. His main research interests are Canadian politics, European politics, nationalism (with a focus on Quebec, Scotland, Flanders, Catalonia and the Basque country) and federalism. Dr. Lecours is the editor of New Institutionalism, Theory and Analysis published by the University of Toronto Press in 2005, the author of Basque Nationalism and the Spanish State (University of Nevada Press, 2007), and the co-author (with Daniel Béland) of Nationalism and Social Policy. The Politics of Territorial Solidarity (Oxford University Press, 2008).
Research Interests: Decentralization, Canadian and Quebec Politics
| Institution: | University of Ottawa |
| Fields of Expertise: | Canadian Politics Democracy and Political Participation EU Policies Federalism and Territorial Politics Nationalism and Extremism Political Parties and Elections |
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| Email: | alecours@uottawa.ca |
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| Languages: | English, French |
| Publications: | Béland, Daniel & Lecours, André. (2019). Nationalism and the politics of austerity: comparing Catalonia, Scotland, and Québec. National Identities. 1-17 Lecours, André & Dupré, Jean-François. (2018). The emergence and transformation of self-determination claims in Hong Kong and Catalonia: A historical institutionalist perspective. Ethnicities. 20. Béland, Daniel & Lecours, André. (2017). Federalism, policy change, and social security in Belgium: Explaining the decentralization of family allowances in the Sixth State Reform. Journal of European Social Policy. 28. Lecours, André & Béland, Daniel & Marchildon, Gregory. (2020). Fiscal Federalism: Pierre Trudeau as an Agent of Decentralization. Béland, Daniel & Lecours, André & Paquet, Mireille & Tombe, Trevor. (2020). A Critical Juncture in Fiscal Federalism? Canada's Response to COVID-19. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 53. 1-8. Béland, Daniel & Segatto, Catarina & Lecours, André. (2019). The fiscal politics of resource revenue: federalism, oil ownership and territorial conflict in Brazil and Canada. Territory, Politics, Governance. 1-14. 10.1080/21622671.2019.1608851 Béland, Daniel & Lecours, André & Marchildon, Gregory & Mou, Haizhen & Olfert, M.. (2018). The challenge for Canada's equalization program. |
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