Title Participatory budgeting in Europe : democracy and public governance / by Yves Sintomer, Anja Rocke, Carsten Herzberg

Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages) Contents pt. 1. The return of the caravels -- pt. 2. 'Two, three ... many Porto Alegres?' -- pt. 3. Challenges and outcomes of citizen participation Summary The "transfer" of participatory budgeting from Brazil to Europe has been a highly differentiated process. In Porto Alegre, this innovative methodology enabled democratization and social justice to be articulated. In Europe, participatory budgeting relies on multiple procedures, and it is therefore necessary to give a clear methodological definition of it so that cases can be coherently compared and ideal-types constructed to understand the variety of concrete experiments. The six ideal-types we propose (Porto Alegre adapted for Europe; representation of organized interests; community funds at the local and city level; the public/private negotiating table; consultation on public finances; proximity participation) show striking differences that are highly influenced by existing participatory traditions. It is, above all, with the models Porto Alegre adapted for Europe and community funds that an 'empowered participatory governance' can develop and that a fourth power, beyond the three classical ones, is developing - that of the citizenry when it directly (or through delegates) assumes a decision-making power. However, other models have their strengths, too, for example with regard to the reform of public administration which is a critical aspect in the search for "another possible world"-- Provided by Publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (227-244) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 17, 2016) Subject Local budgets -- European Union countries -- Citizen participation Municipal budgets -- European Union countries -- Citizen participation Budget process -- European Union countries -- Citizen participation Deliberative democracy -- European Union countries Local budgets -- European Union countries -- Citizen participation -- Case studies Municipal budgets -- European Union countries -- Citizen participation -- Case studies Budget process -- European Union countries -- Citizen participation -- Case studies Deliberative democracy -- European Union countries -- Case studies POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration. Deliberative democracy. Local budgets -- Citizen participation. Municipal budgets -- Citizen participation. European Union countries. Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies. Form Electronic book Author Röcke, Anja, 1978- author. Herzberg, Carsten, author. ISBN 9781472467904 1472467906 9781315599472 1315599473 9781317083924 131708392X 9781317083900 1317083903 9781317083917 1317083911 1472467892 9781472467898

Other Titles Budgets participatifs en Europe. English

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