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PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING

The concept of participatory budgeting was developed in the late 1980s by the Brazilian Workers' Party. It was first fully implemented in the City of Porto Alegre. Since then, the concept has spread mainly in South America but has also been taken up in North America and several European countries, especially at the community level. Adapted to different local circumstances, various applications of the concept helped its further development. It proved to be a helpful democratizing tool, increasing social cohesion in communities and fostering a sense of self-efficacy among their members.

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Sintomer, Röcke & Herzberg - Participatory Budgeting in Europe

Sintomer, Y., Röcke, A., & Herzberg, C. (2016). Participatory Budgeting in Europe. Democracy and Public Governance. London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-4724-6789-8

Glasow & Heinze - Innovationskrise im staatlichen Theatersektor?

Glasow, M., & Heinze, T. (2022). Innovationskrise im staatlichen Theatersektor? Eine Längsschnittanalyse für Theater in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1995 – 2018. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpychologie, 74: 203–232.

Jones - Participatory budgeting for culture: handing power to communities?

Jones, P. (2019) Participatory budgeting for culture: handing power to communities? In Phil Jones, Beth Perry, and Paul Long (eds), Cultural Intermediaries Connecting Communities: Revisiting Approaches to Cultural Engagement (Bristol, 2019; online edn, Policy Press Scholarship Online, 23 Jan. 2020)

Luehrs & Heaven - The future of participatory budgeting

Luehrs, R., & Heaven, J. (2012). The future of participatory budgeting: political participation and practicable policy. In Aaron Delwiche and Jennifer Jacobs Henderson (eds) The participatory cultures handbook, (153-162). Routledge. EISBN 9780203117927

Brun-Martos & Lapsley - Democracy, governmentality and transparency

Brun-Martos, M.I. & Lapsley, I. (2020). Democracy, governmentality and transparency: participatory budgeting in action. In Maria Francesca Sicilia and Ileana Steccolini (eds) Public Budgeting in Search for an Identity: State of the Art and Future Challenges, (102-117). Routledge. ISBN 9780367679651

Participatory budgeting explained (EURACTIV)

Participatory budgeting explained (EURACTIV)

Rebecca Abers - Participatory Budgeting

Rebecca Abers - Participatory Budgeting

Ashley Nickels & Casey Boyd-Swan podcast with Fahiem Shabazz and Michelle B. Jackson: The People’s Budget!

Ashley Nickels & Casey Boyd-Swan podcast with Fahiem Shabazz  and Michelle B. Jackson: The People’s Budget!

Cvetičanin, Petrić & Koludrović - Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook

Cvetičanin, P.,  M. Petrić & I. Tomić Koludrović (2023). Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook. INVENT publication.

INVENT Policy Brief I

Janssen, S., Katz-Gerro, T., Rössel, J., Cvetičanin, P.  & M. Verboord (2021). INVENT Policy Brief I. 16 pages.

Rössel & Fritsch – Participatory budgeting: Opportunities, successes, and organisational constraints

Rössel, J. & L. Fritsch (2023). Participatory budgeting: Opportunities, successes, and organisational constraints

» NEW! » Jancovich - The participation myth

Jancovich, L. (2017). The participation myth. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 23(1): 107–121.