Laura Pin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4390001 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Pin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Pin |
| SIGNATURE | PIN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2127-1355 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A place to find community: The role of autonomy and care in managed encampments
Legislated Poverty? An Intersectional Policy Analysis of Covid-19 Income Support Programs in Ontario, Canada
Bridging the Gap between Electoral and Participatory Democracy: The Electoral Motivations behind Participatory Budgeting in Chicago
This paper explores the electoral dynamics of participatory budgeting projects in Chicago, IL, a topic neglected in the participatory democracy literature. Combining qualitative fieldwork with electoral data, I argue participatory budgeting is more likely to be adopted by elected officials who identify as progressive, face strong electoral competition, and are non-incumbents. These officials mobilize support for participatory budgeting to enhance…
Transforming public policy with engaged scholarship: Better Together
Many people remain invisible in all stages of policymaking processes and are re/harmed by policy decisions made in their absence, even where public engagement has occurred. This lack of meaningful engagement affects those experiencing homelessness, migrant workers, northern and Indigenous women, and others with whom we have collaborated. This article demonstrates the transformative potential of recognising these ‘invisible’ actors as legitimate a…
From aldermanic patronage to aldermanic menus: Racial exclusion and the reinvention of participatory democracy in neoliberal Chicago
This paper applies a critical institutionalist analysis to the practice of participatory budgeting in Chicago, Illinois. Analyzing contemporary participatory democratic practices, such as participatory budgeting, in relation to longstanding race- and class-based social struggles highlights how elite actors can engage with participatory democratic interventions to manage the political exclusions of racial capitalism
Race, Citizenship and Participation: Interrogating the Racial Dynamics of Participatory Budgeting
This article uses participatory budgeting as an entry point to explore the relationship between race, citizenship, and participatory democracy. Drawing on theories of racial neoliberalism, I arguethat in Chicago (United States), heavy emphasis on the representation of Black and Hispanic residents has been based on simplistic demographic measures of diversity. This focus obfuscates morecomplex racial dynamics that limit involvement for residents w…
Engaging with Identity Politics in Canadian Political Science
This paper critiques the deployment of the term “identity politics” in Canadian political science. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of research articles in leading English language academic journals in the Canadian social sciences, we examine whose politics are labelled identity politics and what intellectual work transpires through this label. Identity politics tends to be applied to scholarship that foregrounds analyses of ethnicity,…
Race, Citizenship and Participation: Interrogating the Racial Dynamics of Participatory Budgeting
This article uses participatory budgeting as an entry point to explore the relationship between race, citizenship, and participatory democracy. Drawing on theories of racial neoliberalism, I arguethat in Chicago (United States), heavy emphasis on the representation of Black and Hispanic residents has been based on simplistic demographic measures of diversity. This focus obfuscates morecomplex racial dynamics that limit involvement for residents w…
Bridging the Gap between Electoral and Participatory Democracy: The Electoral Motivations behind Participatory Budgeting in Chicago
This paper explores the electoral dynamics of participatory budgeting projects in Chicago, IL, a topic neglected in the participatory democracy literature. Combining qualitative fieldwork with electoral data, I argue participatory budgeting is more likely to be adopted by elected officials who identify as progressive, face strong electoral competition, and are non-incumbents. These officials mobilize support for participatory budgeting to enhance…
Transforming public policy with engaged scholarship: Better Together
Many people remain invisible in all stages of policymaking processes and are re/harmed by policy decisions made in their absence, even where public engagement has occurred. This lack of meaningful engagement affects those experiencing homelessness, migrant workers, northern and Indigenous women, and others with whom we have collaborated. This article demonstrates the transformative potential of recognising these ‘invisible’ actors as legitimate a…
Legislated Poverty? An Intersectional Policy Analysis of Covid-19 Income Support Programs in Ontario, Canada
Engaging with Identity Politics in Canadian Political Science
This paper critiques the deployment of the term “identity politics” in Canadian political science. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of research articles in leading English language academic journals in the Canadian social sciences, we examine whose politics are labelled identity politics and what intellectual work transpires through this label. Identity politics tends to be applied to scholarship that foregrounds analyses of ethnicity,…
Engaging with Identity Politics in Canadian Political Science
This paper critiques the deployment of the term “identity politics” in Canadian political science. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of research articles in leading English language academic journals in the Canadian social sciences, we examine whose politics are labelled identity politics and what intellectual work transpires through this label. Identity politics tends to be applied to scholarship that foregrounds analyses of ethnicity,…
Race, Citizenship and Participation: Interrogating the Racial Dynamics of Participatory Budgeting
This article uses participatory budgeting as an entry point to explore the relationship between race, citizenship, and participatory democracy. Drawing on theories of racial neoliberalism, I arguethat in Chicago (United States), heavy emphasis on the representation of Black and Hispanic residents has been based on simplistic demographic measures of diversity. This focus obfuscates morecomplex racial dynamics that limit involvement for residents w…
From aldermanic patronage to aldermanic menus: Racial exclusion and the reinvention of participatory democracy in neoliberal Chicago
This paper applies a critical institutionalist analysis to the practice of participatory budgeting in Chicago, Illinois. Analyzing contemporary participatory democratic practices, such as participatory budgeting, in relation to longstanding race- and class-based social struggles highlights how elite actors can engage with participatory democratic interventions to manage the political exclusions of racial capitalism
Legislated Poverty? An Intersectional Policy Analysis of Covid-19 Income Support Programs in Ontario, Canada
Bridging the Gap between Electoral and Participatory Democracy: The Electoral Motivations behind Participatory Budgeting in Chicago
This paper explores the electoral dynamics of participatory budgeting projects in Chicago, IL, a topic neglected in the participatory democracy literature. Combining qualitative fieldwork with electoral data, I argue participatory budgeting is more likely to be adopted by elected officials who identify as progressive, face strong electoral competition, and are non-incumbents. These officials mobilize support for participatory budgeting to enhance…
Transforming public policy with engaged scholarship: Better Together
Many people remain invisible in all stages of policymaking processes and are re/harmed by policy decisions made in their absence, even where public engagement has occurred. This lack of meaningful engagement affects those experiencing homelessness, migrant workers, northern and Indigenous women, and others with whom we have collaborated. This article demonstrates the transformative potential of recognising these ‘invisible’ actors as legitimate a…
A place to find community: The role of autonomy and care in managed encampments
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