Description
International Trends in Participatory Budgeting, 1st ed. 2022
Between Trivial Pursuits and Best Practices
Governance and Public Management Series
Coordinators: De Vries Michiel S., Nemec Juraj, Špaček David
Language: EnglishSubject for International Trends in Participatory Budgeting:
Keywords
participatory budgeting; grassroots democracy; citizen participation; policy co-production; democratic backsliding; best practice; comparative policymaking; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; democracy; Brazilian Workers' Party; budgeting processes; participatory local governance; local budget; budget innovation; online participatory budgeting; local decision-making; democratic innovation; initiative budgeting; international trends
Publication date: 11-2022
317 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 11-2021
317 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Hardback
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Chapter 1. The diffusion of participatory budgeting: an introduction to this volume: With an intermezzo by Tarso Genro, the mayor of Porto Alegre between 1992 and 1996
Chapter 2. Participatory Budgeting in Germany – Increasing Transparency in Times of Fiscal Stress
Chapter 3. Participatory Budgeting in Italy: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes
Chapter 4. Participatory Budgeting in Sweden
Chapter 5: Participatory Budgeting in Belarus
Chapter 6. Participatory Budgeting in Croatia: A Mixed Bag of Good, Bad, and Indifferent
Chapter 7. Project-oriented participatory budgeting in the Czech Republic
Chapter 8. The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship? Participatory Budgeting in Hungary
Chapter 9. Participatory budgeting in Poland
Chapter 10. Participatory Budgeting in Romania
Chapter 11. Participatory (Initiative) budgeting in the Russian Federation
Chapter 12. Participatory Budgeting in Serbia
Chapter 13. Participatory budgeting in Slovakia – recent development, present state and interesting cases
Chapter 14. Participatory Budgeting in Slovenia
Chapter 15. Unraveled practices of participatory budgeting in European democracies
Michiel S. de Vries is Full Professor of Public Administration at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He is past President of IASIA and member of the editorial board of numerous journals on Public Administration. His research has resulted in over 300 scholarly publications and over 20 edited volumes and monographs.
Juraj Nemec is Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. He is the Vice-President of the IASIA and the member of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration at United Nations. He has published over 400 books and scientific articles.
David Špaček is Associate Professor at the Department of Public Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. He has participated in various national as well as international projects. In his research and lecturing, he concentrated on various aspects of public management and public administration.
Provides a comparative perspective on the use of participatory budgeting across Central and Eastern Europe
Highlights how participatory policymaking can be a counter to democratic backsliding in government
Assesses the impact of participatory budgeting on the political landscape of countries