research
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Books and Monographs
Paul Posner, Vivina Patroni, Jean François Mayer. (2018). Laboring in Latin America: Democracy and Worker Organization in the Neoliberal Era. University of Florida Press; Gainesville, United States. 285 p.
Reeta Tremblay, James Kelly, Michael Lipson, Jean Francois Mayer. (2008). Understanding Human Rights: Origins, Concepts, and Critiques. Nelson Pub.; Toronto, Canada. 384p.
Refereed Journal Articles
Jean François Mayer. (2021). Resistance to Chronic Violence in Informal Workplaces: the Strategies of Domestic Workers in Brazil. The Bulletin of Latin American Research, 40(3).
Jean François Mayer. (2018). “Labor Relations in Mexico (1988-2012): Explaining Continuity across Regime Types”. The Latin Americanist. 62(3): 344-376.
Jean François Mayer. (2016). “The Limits of Labor Legislation Reforms: Rigidity, Growth and Employment in Brazil”. The Journal of Politics in Latin America. 8(1): 95-127.
Patrik Marier, Jean François Mayer. (2007). “Welfare Retrenchment as Social Justice: Pension Reform in Mexico”. Journal of Social Policy. 36(4): 585-604.
Jean François Mayer. (2006). “Changes in Relations between the State and Independent Unions? Mexico Under the Fox Presidency”. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 31(61): 9-35
***This article won the 2007 Best Journal Article Award from the Labor Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
Jean François Mayer, Patrik Marier. (2005). “Unions and Pension Reforms in Mexico: the Impact of Democratic Governance”. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 11(2): 29-52.
Jean François Mayer, Kenneth Woodside. (2005a). “Challenges of Maintaining and Reforming Taxation Systems in Contemporary Latin America”. The Latin Americanist. 48(1-2): 5-28.
Jean François Mayer, Kenneth Woodside. (2005b). “Born Under a Bad Sign? The Politics of the 2001 Mexican Tax Reform”. Lateinamerika Analysen (Journal of Politics in Latin America, since 2009). 11(2): 33-58.
Jean François Mayer. (2005). “Changes and Continuity: Labor Policy in Mexico after the 2000 Regime Transition”. Indian Journal of Public Administration. 51(1): 55-69.
Jean François Mayer. (2003). “The Mexican Federal Labour Law Reform Process, 2001-2003”. LABOUR, Capital and Society. 36(1): 72-102.
Jean François Mayer, Kenneth Woodside. (2001). “Crises of Confidence: Attitudes of the Domestic Bankers Towards the Credit Problem in Mexico”. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 20(3): 324-341.
Jean François Mayer. (2001). “Authoritarians by Nature: The Mexican Private Bankers and Democracy”. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 26(51): 7-26.
Jean François Mayer. (1998). “El sector de negocios nacional en la liberalización política Mexicana”. Política y Gobierno. 4(2): 525-550.
Refereed Book Chapters
Jean François Mayer. (2017). “Violência e Trabalho: o caso das empregadas domésticas no Brasil”. In Tina Hilgers and Jorge Luiz Barbosa (Eds.) A violência na América Latina e no Caribe – vista dos profissionais da luta em contra da violência. Observatorio das Favelas Pub.; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pp. 123-147.
Jean François Mayer. (2001). “Democratic Consolidation and Neoliberalism in Latin America: Insurmountable Obstacles to Environmental Reform”. In Ward Chestworth, Michael R. Moss, Vernon G. Thomas (Eds) Malthus and the Third Millenium. University of Guelph; Guelph, Canada. Pp. 93-107.
Guest Editorship of Journal Special Issues
Jean François Mayer. (2021). “Exploring the Repertoire of Strategies of Resistance to Routinised Violence in Informal Workplaces”. The Bulletin of Latin American Research, 40(3).
Jean François Mayer. (2008) "Human Security in Latin America". Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 33(65).
Refereed Specialized Publication
Jean François Mayer, Thomas Legler. (2001). “A Partial Victory: Mexicans Voted the PRI Out of Power, but Electoral Irregularities Remain”. Hemisphere. 9(3): 4-7.
Introduction to Special Issues
Jean François Mayer. (2021) “Introduction to: Exploring the Repertoire of Strategies of Resistance to Routinised Violence in Informal Workplaces”. The Bulletin of Latin American Research. 40(3).
Book Reviews
Jean François Mayer. (2004). “Review: Mexico Under Siege: Popular Resistance to Presidential Despotism”. The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History. 61(2): 336-337.
Jean Francois Mayer. (2003). “Review: The Politics of Freeing Markets in Latin America; Chile, Argentina and Mexico”. The Canadian Journal of Political Science, 36(5): 1108-1110.
Encyclopedia Entries
Jean François Mayer. (2006). “The National Action Party (Mexico)”. Encyclopaedia of the Developing World. Routledge, Taylor and Francis, New York, United States, pp. 1107-1108.
Professional Reports
Tom Legler, Nibaldo Galleguillos, Mark Juhasz, Marie Josée Massicotte, Jean Francois Mayer, and Erin McCaughan. (2000). The July 2, 2000 Mexican Elections: A Report By a Team of Academics from Southern Ontario. Distributed by the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL).
Newspaper Articles
Jean François Mayer. (2016). “Rio 2016: le casse-tête Olympique”. La Presse, 6 July.
Jean François Mayer, Gerardo Silva. (2014). “Polarisation électorale, médias et nouvelle classe Moyenne”. Le Devoir. 3 November.
Jean François Mayer. (2001). “Canada’s Antiterrorism Bill: A Threat to Democracy”. Kitcherner Record. 20 October.
Jean François Mayer. (2000) “The 2000 Mexican Elections Revisited: Perspectives From the Countryside”. Kitcherner Record. 31 .
Refereed Books and Monographs
Paul Posner, Vivina Patroni, Jean François Mayer. (2018). Laboring in Latin America: Democracy and Worker Organization in the Neoliberal Era. University of Florida Press; Gainesville, United States. 285 p.
Reeta Tremblay, James Kelly, Michael Lipson, Jean Francois Mayer. (2008). Understanding Human Rights: Origins, Concepts, and Critiques. Nelson Pub.; Toronto, Canada. 384p.
Refereed Journal Articles
Jean François Mayer. (2021). Resistance to Chronic Violence in Informal Workplaces: the Strategies of Domestic Workers in Brazil. The Bulletin of Latin American Research, 40(3).
Jean François Mayer. (2018). “Labor Relations in Mexico (1988-2012): Explaining Continuity across Regime Types”. The Latin Americanist. 62(3): 344-376.
Jean François Mayer. (2016). “The Limits of Labor Legislation Reforms: Rigidity, Growth and Employment in Brazil”. The Journal of Politics in Latin America. 8(1): 95-127.
Patrik Marier, Jean François Mayer. (2007). “Welfare Retrenchment as Social Justice: Pension Reform in Mexico”. Journal of Social Policy. 36(4): 585-604.
Jean François Mayer. (2006). “Changes in Relations between the State and Independent Unions? Mexico Under the Fox Presidency”. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 31(61): 9-35
***This article won the 2007 Best Journal Article Award from the Labor Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
Jean François Mayer, Patrik Marier. (2005). “Unions and Pension Reforms in Mexico: the Impact of Democratic Governance”. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 11(2): 29-52.
Jean François Mayer, Kenneth Woodside. (2005a). “Challenges of Maintaining and Reforming Taxation Systems in Contemporary Latin America”. The Latin Americanist. 48(1-2): 5-28.
Jean François Mayer, Kenneth Woodside. (2005b). “Born Under a Bad Sign? The Politics of the 2001 Mexican Tax Reform”. Lateinamerika Analysen (Journal of Politics in Latin America, since 2009). 11(2): 33-58.
Jean François Mayer. (2005). “Changes and Continuity: Labor Policy in Mexico after the 2000 Regime Transition”. Indian Journal of Public Administration. 51(1): 55-69.
Jean François Mayer. (2003). “The Mexican Federal Labour Law Reform Process, 2001-2003”. LABOUR, Capital and Society. 36(1): 72-102.
Jean François Mayer, Kenneth Woodside. (2001). “Crises of Confidence: Attitudes of the Domestic Bankers Towards the Credit Problem in Mexico”. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 20(3): 324-341.
Jean François Mayer. (2001). “Authoritarians by Nature: The Mexican Private Bankers and Democracy”. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 26(51): 7-26.
Jean François Mayer. (1998). “El sector de negocios nacional en la liberalización política Mexicana”. Política y Gobierno. 4(2): 525-550.
Refereed Book Chapters
Jean François Mayer. (2017). “Violência e Trabalho: o caso das empregadas domésticas no Brasil”. In Tina Hilgers and Jorge Luiz Barbosa (Eds.) A violência na América Latina e no Caribe – vista dos profissionais da luta em contra da violência. Observatorio das Favelas Pub.; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pp. 123-147.
Jean François Mayer. (2001). “Democratic Consolidation and Neoliberalism in Latin America: Insurmountable Obstacles to Environmental Reform”. In Ward Chestworth, Michael R. Moss, Vernon G. Thomas (Eds) Malthus and the Third Millenium. University of Guelph; Guelph, Canada. Pp. 93-107.
Guest Editorship of Journal Special Issues
Jean François Mayer. (2021). “Exploring the Repertoire of Strategies of Resistance to Routinised Violence in Informal Workplaces”. The Bulletin of Latin American Research, 40(3).
Jean François Mayer. (2008) "Human Security in Latin America". Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 33(65).
Refereed Specialized Publication
Jean François Mayer, Thomas Legler. (2001). “A Partial Victory: Mexicans Voted the PRI Out of Power, but Electoral Irregularities Remain”. Hemisphere. 9(3): 4-7.
Introduction to Special Issues
Jean François Mayer. (2021) “Introduction to: Exploring the Repertoire of Strategies of Resistance to Routinised Violence in Informal Workplaces”. The Bulletin of Latin American Research. 40(3).
Book Reviews
Jean François Mayer. (2004). “Review: Mexico Under Siege: Popular Resistance to Presidential Despotism”. The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History. 61(2): 336-337.
Jean Francois Mayer. (2003). “Review: The Politics of Freeing Markets in Latin America; Chile, Argentina and Mexico”. The Canadian Journal of Political Science, 36(5): 1108-1110.
Encyclopedia Entries
Jean François Mayer. (2006). “The National Action Party (Mexico)”. Encyclopaedia of the Developing World. Routledge, Taylor and Francis, New York, United States, pp. 1107-1108.
Professional Reports
Tom Legler, Nibaldo Galleguillos, Mark Juhasz, Marie Josée Massicotte, Jean Francois Mayer, and Erin McCaughan. (2000). The July 2, 2000 Mexican Elections: A Report By a Team of Academics from Southern Ontario. Distributed by the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL).
Newspaper Articles
Jean François Mayer. (2016). “Rio 2016: le casse-tête Olympique”. La Presse, 6 July.
Jean François Mayer, Gerardo Silva. (2014). “Polarisation électorale, médias et nouvelle classe Moyenne”. Le Devoir. 3 November.
Jean François Mayer. (2001). “Canada’s Antiterrorism Bill: A Threat to Democracy”. Kitcherner Record. 20 October.
Jean François Mayer. (2000) “The 2000 Mexican Elections Revisited: Perspectives From the Countryside”. Kitcherner Record. 31 .
Selected External Funding
2020–2025 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Insight Grant. “Informality, Violence, and Resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Co-Investigator (PI: Tina Hilgers, Concordia University).
2020-2021 International Domestic Workers Federation (FITH). “Trabalho doméstico, violência e resistencia na cidade de São Paulo”. Principal Investigator.
2019-2023 Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC); Soutien aux équipes de recherche –Équipes en fonctionnement. Research Team on Inclusion and Governance in Latin America (ERIGAL). Co-Investigator (PI: Françoise Montambeault, Université de Montréal).
2019-2022 Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO); Grupos de Trabajo. “Espistemologías decoloniales, territorialidades y cultura”. Co-Investigator (PIs: Abelardo Gamboa, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, and Andrea Neira Cruz, Universidad Central de Colombia, Dennis de Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo).
2019-2020 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Connection Grant. Support for International Conference “Resistance and Resilience: Addressing Chronic Violence in Marginalized Urban Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Principal Applicant.
2017-2020 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Insight Development Grant. “Fighting Invisibility: the Repertoire of Everyday Forms of Resistance to Routinized Violence among Domestic Workers in Brazil.” Principal Investigator.
2017-2019 Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC); Soutien aux équipes de recherche –Équipes en émergence. Equipe de recherche sur l'inclusion et la gouvernance en Amérique latine (Research Team on Inclusion and Governance in Latin America, ERIGAL). Co-Investigator (PI: Françoise Montambeault, Université de Montréal).
2013-2014 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Partnership Development Grant. Support for Development Grant. Co-Investigator (PI: Viviana Patroni, York University).
2008-2013 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Standard Research Grant. “Union and Pension Privatization in Latin America”. Co-Investigator (PI: Patrik Marier, Concordia University).
2011-2012 International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Small Grant for Innovative Research. “Labor Legislation Reform in Contemporary Latin America”. Co-Investigator (PI: Viviana Patroni, York University).
2011-2012 The Ford Foundation & The Latin American Studies Association (LASA); Special Projects Grant. “Democracy and Labor Law Reform in Latin America.” Co-Investigator (PI: Paul Posner, Clark University).
2005-2006 Canadian Consortium for Human Security (CCHS) Complimentary Activities Funding. Support for workshop on “Human Security in the Americas”. Co-Applicant (PI: Victor Armony, UQAM).
2020–2025 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Insight Grant. “Informality, Violence, and Resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Co-Investigator (PI: Tina Hilgers, Concordia University).
2020-2021 International Domestic Workers Federation (FITH). “Trabalho doméstico, violência e resistencia na cidade de São Paulo”. Principal Investigator.
2019-2023 Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC); Soutien aux équipes de recherche –Équipes en fonctionnement. Research Team on Inclusion and Governance in Latin America (ERIGAL). Co-Investigator (PI: Françoise Montambeault, Université de Montréal).
2019-2022 Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO); Grupos de Trabajo. “Espistemologías decoloniales, territorialidades y cultura”. Co-Investigator (PIs: Abelardo Gamboa, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, and Andrea Neira Cruz, Universidad Central de Colombia, Dennis de Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo).
2019-2020 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Connection Grant. Support for International Conference “Resistance and Resilience: Addressing Chronic Violence in Marginalized Urban Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Principal Applicant.
2017-2020 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Insight Development Grant. “Fighting Invisibility: the Repertoire of Everyday Forms of Resistance to Routinized Violence among Domestic Workers in Brazil.” Principal Investigator.
2017-2019 Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC); Soutien aux équipes de recherche –Équipes en émergence. Equipe de recherche sur l'inclusion et la gouvernance en Amérique latine (Research Team on Inclusion and Governance in Latin America, ERIGAL). Co-Investigator (PI: Françoise Montambeault, Université de Montréal).
2013-2014 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Partnership Development Grant. Support for Development Grant. Co-Investigator (PI: Viviana Patroni, York University).
2008-2013 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Standard Research Grant. “Union and Pension Privatization in Latin America”. Co-Investigator (PI: Patrik Marier, Concordia University).
2011-2012 International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Small Grant for Innovative Research. “Labor Legislation Reform in Contemporary Latin America”. Co-Investigator (PI: Viviana Patroni, York University).
2011-2012 The Ford Foundation & The Latin American Studies Association (LASA); Special Projects Grant. “Democracy and Labor Law Reform in Latin America.” Co-Investigator (PI: Paul Posner, Clark University).
2005-2006 Canadian Consortium for Human Security (CCHS) Complimentary Activities Funding. Support for workshop on “Human Security in the Americas”. Co-Applicant (PI: Victor Armony, UQAM).
