A People's Budget: A Research and Evaluation Report on Participatory Budgeting in New York City [PDF]
, 2015 This cycle of Participatory Budgeting in New York City ushered in a significant expansion of the process from previous years, with 24 Council Members -- nearly half the City Council -- taking part.
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Deepening Democracy in Buffalo by Honoring Prior Commitments (And a Legacy) [PDF]
, 2020 The waning years of the 2010s and the opening weeks of the 2020s have been rife with headlines, editorials, academic articles, lectures, and book titles lamenting a “crisis of democracy”.
Weaver, Russell
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How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
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If citizens have a voice, who's listening? Lessons from recent citizen consultation experiments for the European Union. CEPS EPIN Working Paper No. 24, 12 June 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 Are European Union institutions, as they claim, really listening to citizens thanks to more ‘deliberative’ consultation tools? The European Commission and the European Parliament in particular have committed themselves to engaging in a dialogue with ...
Boucher, Stephen.
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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Does street‐level bureaucrats' (SLBs) willingness to sacrifice their own self‐interests to meet the needs of their clients vary depending on their contexts? To date, it has been very challenging to empirically examine how SLBs who have different orientations toward social values might act in different institutional and administrative contexts.
Nissim Cohen, Teddy Lazebnik
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Below the radar in a Big Society? Reflections on community engagement, empowerment and social action in a changing policy context [PDF]
, 2010 ‘The Big Society’ has become a key element of the Coalition’s Government policy platform, not only on the delivery of public services by the formal and funded voluntary sector but also in terms of communities, more informal third sector activities and ...
McCabe, Angus
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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article addresses a critical issue in evidence‐informed policymaking: the challenge of translating knowledge into policy outputs amidst the complex interplay between research and politics. It discusses the concept of “blocked learning,” where individual‐level learning fails to scale up to organizational and policy levels, thus impeding ...
Thenia Vagionaki
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What is driving the increasing presence of citizen participation initiatives? [PDF]
Nowadays, there is an imperative for governments to be more responsive to community needs and public sector modernization programmes are introducing opportunities for citizen participation.
Ana Yetano, Basisilo Acerete, Sonia Royo
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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dynamic is especially pronounced in Internet governance, which faces a complex interplay of domestic laws, state interdependence, and heightened ...
Alison Harcourt
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HIGHER EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE FRAME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARTICIPATIVE BUDGET IN THE COMMUNE 1 IN MEDELLIN. EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR Y PARTICIPACIONEN EL MARCO DE LA IMPLEMENTACION DEL PRESUPUESTO PARTICIPATIVO EN LA COMUNA UNO DE MEDELLÍN [PDF]
El Ágora USB, 2010 This text is the product of the developments of the project entitled: "Evaluation and Monitoring of the Social and Community Work of the Beneficiaries of the Participatory Budget Fund Aimed At Pursuing Higher Education Studies Belonging to Commune One ...
Alfonso Insuasty Rodríguez +2 more
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