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Participatory Budgeting

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A set of structured methods to involve citizens in the process of allocating the public budget. Some scholars proposed the following defining criteria to identify a sensu stricto participatory budgeting: (i) the financial and/or budgetary dimension must be discussed; (ii) the city level or a district with an elected body has to be involved; (iii) it has to be a repeated process; (iv) it must include some forms of public deliberation within the framework of specific meetings and/or forums; (v) some accountability on the output is required; and (vi) the possible and desirable participation of lay citizens.

Introduction: Citizen Involvement as a Key Factor in Government Renewal

In the increasing attention paid to PS renewal, special significance is attributed to the involvement of citizens in government. Many approaches consider CP as a distinguishing feature of new cultural paradigms, such as PG, through which the evolution of the PA can be interpreted (Bingham et al. 2005)....

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Abbreviations

CP:

Citizen Participation

NPM:

New Public Management

PA:

Public Administration

PB:

Participatory Budgeting

PG:

Public Governance

PS:

Public Sector

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  1. University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Luca Bartocci

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Bartocci, L. (2016). Participatory Budgeting. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2266-1

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