This paper provides an overview of the Latin American population in Canada based on data extracted from the 2011 census and from a survey conducted in 2013 with an oversample of Latin American immigrants, as well as from other sources. It deals with the ways in which Latin Americans are categorized and how they self-identify in Canada—with the U.S. reality as a point of reference—and with a focus on Latin Americans’ cultural attitudes and values in a Québec-rest of Canada comparative perspective. Cet article établit un portrait de la population latino-américaine du Canada sur la base de données tirée du recensement de 2011 et d’un sondage réalisé en 2013 avec un échantillon d’immigrants latino-américains, ainsi que d’autres sources. On s’intéresse en particulier à la manière dont les Latino-américains sont catégorisés et à leurs modalités d’auto-identification dans le contexte canadien et nord-américain. On examine également leurs attitudes culturelles et leurs valeurs dans une perspective comparative entre le Québec et le reste du Canada.

Most accounts of the turmoil that shook Argentina in focused on the harmful impact of the financial environment, imprudent policymaking, and institutional weaknesses. These explanations paid little attention to the cultural frames and cognitive patterns that underlie the connection between civil society and political society. Based on a discourse analysis of Internet forums and presidential speeches, this article argues that the Argentine crisis cannot be fully grasped without considering the link between collective behavior and ingrained conceptions of national identity. The analysis finds that national myths and definitional questions of national purpose are key factors in the way citizens behave in the context of an economic and political crisis.he recent economic and political crisis in Argentina has raised many T questions regarding its causes, its distinctive characteristics, and its consequences. One of its most interesting aspects is that it exposed a profound gap between the citizenry and the ''ruling class." Not surprisingly, most economists, political scientists, and media pundits have explained Argentina's crisis and the ensuing "social explosion" by referring to adverse macroeconomic factors, ill-advised policymaking, and institutional dysfunction. Less attention has been given to culturally framed explanations that explore how cognitive patterns influence people's behavior.This article argues that the Argentine crisis of 2001-2 cannot be fully understood without considering how citizen mobilization and the "indictment" of the political class are connected to longstanding conceptions of national identity, particularly to national myths. The Argentine case offers a valuable opportunity to explore the ways that citizens react to definitional questions of national purpose-what kind of country citizens believe they can, should, and want to have-in the midst of an economic and political crisis.This exploration employs cultural and discursive analysis and, in doing so, represents a different perspective with respect to traditional explanations based on the weakness of a "civic culture''-still an 27 28 LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY 47: 4

This research note presents a study in progress that explores the continuities, tensions, and ruptures in the lifelong citizenship leaming and the political engagement experienced by Latin American immigrants to Canada. The authors are particularly interested in the extent and nature of "ci vic changes" that occur among members of this community through the process ofbecoming Canadian. By means of in-depth interviews with Latin American-Canadians in Toronto and Montreal, they aim at examining the barriers and enabling factors for citizenship leaming and political participation, as well as the relationships between immigrants' political agency and institutional/social structures.Résumé. Cette note de recherche présente une étude en cours qui explore les continuités, les tensions et les ruptures dans l'apprentissage citoyen et dans 1 'engagement politique des immigrants d'origine latino-américaine au Canada. Les auteurs s'intéressent particulièrement à la portée et à la nature des "changements civiques" qui se produisent chez les membres de cette communauté à travers le processus les amenant à devenir Canadiens. Par le biais d'entrevues en profondeur réalisées auprès de plusieurs Latino-américains résidant à Toronto

Cet article propose quelques pistes de réflexion sur la réapparition du populisme en Amérique latine dans les années 1990. Il décrit plus particulièrement les parallèles et les contrastes que l’on peut établir entre le « nouveau » populisme et le populisme « traditionnel ». Au moyen d’une analyse comparative du « péronisme » (présidence de Juan Perón, 1946-1955) et du « menemisme » (présidence de Carlos Menem, 1989-1999) en Argentine, on examine les représentations sous-jacentes du projet populiste qui permettent d’expliquer leur prégnance et leur capacité de mobilisation. On conclut que le populisme est un type de mouvement qui met l’accent sur le rapport empathique entre dirigeant et dirigés.This paper deals with the resurgence of populism in Latin America during the 1990s, and particularly with the similarities and differences that can be observed between “new” and “traditional” forms of populism. Through a comparative analysis of Peronism (Juan Perón’s administration, 1946-1955) and Menemism (Carlos Menem’s administration, 1989-1999) in Argentina, the author examines the representations conveyed by populism in order to explain its efficacy as a project of political mobilization. He concludes that populism is a type of movement that emphasizes the empathic link between the leader and the followers

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