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Assessment of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil [PDF]

, 2005
The main objective of the study is to assess the extent to which participatory budgeting (OP) is fostering the efficient and democratic allocation of resources and citizen involvement in the planning and management of their localities.
Inter-American Development Bank
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Letting People in: Redefining Collaboration in Wildland–Urban Interface Governance

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intensifying wildfire regimes and expanding human settlements into wilderness areas have heightened concerns about the wildland–urban interface (WUI) due to the associated increase in fire risk. However, the WUI presents broader social‐ecological challenges that go beyond wildfire risk and remain understudied.
Clara Mosso, Harrison Fried, Karissa Courtney, Jonathan Salerno, Stephanie Kampf, Andrea Baudoin Farah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen Engagement in Governance: A Study of Participatory Budgeting in India

International Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
Citizen engagement in governance means that people and communities are actively involved in the public sector's decision-making, implementation, and monitoring processes to make things more open, accountable, and efficient. There are several ways to do it, such as town hall meetings, advisory groups, public consultations, and online forums.
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Involving citizens in public decision making: the case of participatory budgeting in Lithuania [PDF]

Financial theory and practice, 2013
In times of increasing public distrust in government and its institutions, engaging the public in decision making may strengthen democracy as well as result in a more effective allocation of scarce public resources. Participatory budgeting has started in Brazil and spread around the world but is a new concept in some countries.
openaire   +3 more sources

Power, (De)Politicisation and Polycentric Governance: Evidence From UK Local Climate Policy

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article extends (de)politicisation theory to elucidate power dynamics in polycentric governance. It develops an original analytical framework to empirically investigate how governmental, societal and discursive (de)politicisation processes emerge within and across decision‐making centres. The framework focuses on dimensions of technocracy,
Timea Nochta, Samuel Warner, Louise Reardon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Involvement of citizens in local government; participatory budget case of siauliai city.

, 2023
Since 2019, the city of Šiauliai has been implementing a democratic innovation called participatory budgeting. This work aims to find out whether the participatory budget implemented in the city of Šiauliai meets the usual requirements for democratic ...
Šilinskaitė, Kamilė,
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen participation and participatory budgeting in alytus city municipality.

, 2019
Citizen Participation and Participatory Budgeting in Alytus City Municipality. Back in 2018 the city of Alytus became the first municipality in Lithuania to adopt a democratic innovation known as participatory budgeting.
Gruzinskas, Audrius,
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Appraising Policies Through Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Applications

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear‐rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integrates participatory approaches with multi‐criteria analysis (MCA), thereby incorporating specialised knowledge and diverse social values and ...
Egle Basyte Ferrari
wiley   +1 more source

The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice, Katharina Zimmermann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source