Publications and Research
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
Fall 2018
Abstract
There is a growing literature concerning participatory budgeting (PB), which transfers some element of budgetary decision making from the executive or legislature to citizens. During the earlier years of development, this practice was found primarily in less developed countries. Early PB reoriented government expenditures to better focus on the needs of the populace. Substantial shares of the budget were allocated through participatory process (Souza, 2001). PB is alternative claimed as an example of participatory democracy and deliberative democracy. This paper considers issues related to these theories and further develops a distinctive budgetary theory of participatory budgeting.
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Comments
Originally presented at the Symposium on Implementing Collaborative Governance; Palermo, Italy; October 25-26, 2018.