Philip Oxhorn

Department of Political Science

Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID)

McGill School of Environment (MSE)

Research interests

Theories of Civil Society, Democracy and Processes of Democratization

Civil Society and the Promotion of Public Health: A North-South Comparison of Civil Society’s Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Highly Contagious Disease

Civil Society and the Resolution of Contemporary Problems: Crime, Low Quality Education and Sustainable Development

Latin American Comparative Politics

Recent grants

“Democratic decentralization and the social construction of citizenship in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Mexico,” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

“La démocratie et la discipline néo-libérale: comment les réconcilier sur le long terme?” Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche (FCAR), with Graciela Ducatenzeiler and Philippe Faucher, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal.

“Desarrollo local y uso de recursos naturales en una zona fronteriza: el caso de Dajabón, República Dominicana,” International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

“The Popular Participation Law and the Evolution of State-Society Relations in Bolivia,” Inter-American Development Bank.