Participation has mostly been studied from the standpoint of institutional analysis whose reflection focus was the “deliberating” citizen. Yet calls for participation are many and complex and are aimed at the citizen, the inhabitant, the user, as much as at the person. Among such calls are those of the new public management, of blogs and 2.0 Web culture, of newly set-up organizations devoted to debates around ideas or around community-involvement in a post-Welfare State regime. These admonitions concern various forms of participation, calling for both theoretical and empirical analysis in order to understand the relationship people have with their communities and society’s democratic institutions.

Participation and citizenship
As some bewail civic disengagement and others question representative democracy, analyzing people’s workaday social and political practices becomes a major issue in order to meet the challenge of a social life that integrates concerns for common goods.
Research axis
Articles
- Merridee Bujaki, Isabelle Perrault et Stéphanie Gaudet (2019). "My Path has not been a Standard Path" : Academia as a Bourdieusian Fild and How Assumptions of an Unencumbered Life Disadvantage, Women, Gender, Work & Organization, 21-30.
- Stéphanie Gaudet, Isabelle Marchand, Isabelle Bougeault, Merridee Bujaki (2019). "Women and Care Work in Canadian Universities: a (im)possible match?, International Journal of Care and Caring, 41-50.
- Stéphanie Gaudet (2019). "La recherche collaborative, un projet de sociologie publique. Le cas du projet sur les expériences d'éducation à la citoyenneté démocratique", SociologieS.
- A. Truong et Stéphanie Gaudet (2018). "Costume Play and Young Adults' Socio-Economic Insertion Pathways in Japan", Journal of Youth Studies, 41-50.
- Stéphanie Gaudet (2018). "Introduction: Citoyenneté des enfants et des adolescents". Lien social et politique, no. 80, 4-14.
- Mélanie Claude et Stéphanie Gaudet (2018). "L'entrepreneur social, une catégorie émergente au Québec", Revue canadienne de recherche sur les OBSL et l'économie sociale, vol. 9, no. 1, 44-57.
- Merridee Bujaki, Stéphanie Gaudet et Rosa Iuliano (2017). "Governmentality and identity construction through 50 years of personal income tax returns: The case of an immigrant couple in Canada", Critical Perspectives on Accounting, vol. 46, 54-74.
Reviews
- Stéphanie Gaudet (2018). "La citoyenneté des enfants et des jeunes", Lien social et politique, no. 80.
Books
- Stéphanie Gaudet, Isabelle Marchand, Isabelle Bougeault et Merridee Buaki (2019).Éthiques de l'hospitalité, du don et du care : actualité, regards croisés, Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa: Ottawa.
- Stéphanie Gaudet et Dominique Robert (2018). L'aventure de la recherche qualitative. Du questionnement à la rédaction scientifique, Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa: Ottawa, 270 pages.
- Stéphanie Gaudet et Dominique Robert (2018). A Journey Through Qualitative Research, Édition Sage: London, 327 pages.
Book Chapters
- Stéphanie Gaudet (2019). "Enjeux de la carrière professorale au féminin", dans Stéphanie Gaudet, Isabelle Marchand, Isabelle Bourgeault et Merridee Bujaki, Éthiques de l'hospitalité, du don et du care : actualité, regards croisés, Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa: Ottawa, p. 41-50.
- Stéphanie Gaudet (2018). "La société d'acrobates. Réflexion critique sur la responsabilité personnelle" dans A. Marchildon et A. Létourneau, Quels lendemains pour la responsabilité? Approches multidisciplinaires, Éditions Nota Bene: Montréal.
- Stéphanie Gaudet (2015). "La participation sociale entre le care et le don" dans Sophie Bourgault et Julie Perreaut, Éthiques et Politiques du care: langage féministe actuel, Éditions du Remue-Ménage : Montréal.
- Stéphanie Gaudet (2015). "Tornar-se adulto: Um percurso social e singular" dans A. Castro Fonseca, Jovens Adultos, Nova Almeida: Protugal.
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