An alternative to democratic exclusion? The case for participatory local budgeting in South Africa

Bassett, Carolyn

doi:10.1080/02589001.2016.1202584

Cited by 7 publications

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“…The established structures and interaction facilitation mechanisms, such as the typical izimbizo (mass gatherings or meetings), ward committees and IDP processes, are created spaces that are mostly symbolic and have not lived up to their expectations of bridging the gap between communities and local government entities. In line with this, Bassett (2016) attests that despite the potential for citizen participation to improve democratic transparency and lead to policies supporting the interests of the disadvantaged, local governments have followed a hierarchical and plutocratic strategy that has given people minimal spaces to control municipal decisions.…”

Section: Citizen Participatory Mechanisms In Local Government: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 91%

A proposed citizen participation–public trust model in the context of service delivery protests in South African local government

Msenge

Nzewi

2021

Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation

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The South African local government context has been marred by persistent citizen protests that continue to jeopardise public administrators’ quest for effective service rendering. Such protests have been attributed to the disregard of citizen participation in local government and unresponsive service rendering, amongst other factors. Meaningful citizen participation is seen as a precondition for the establishment of trust between communities and public administrators. This article, delving into the empirical literature, presents a citizen participation and public trust model aimed at minimising service delivery protests in South Africa. It argues that whilst lack of community trust has been lauded as one of the factors that have brewed citizen protests over the years, there is evidence to show that between the core values of procedural justice and public trust, citizen perception of power to influence may be vital to minimise proclivity to protest. The article finds that in addition to the interactional and informational justice components of procedural justice, meaningful citizen participation can be measured as a combination of these justice areas with mechanisms that highlight citizens’ positive perceptions of their power to influence decisions. As recommendations, the article argues that indeed lack of community involvement in municipal processes has the potential to break down trust and explode into service delivery protests. However, the article concludes that ensuring meaningful participation in local government decision-making processes, as defined in this article, is a precondition for building community trust and limiting the outbreak of service delivery protests in the local government context.

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Section: Citizen Participatory Mechanisms In Local Government: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 91%

A proposed citizen participation–public trust model in the context of service delivery protests in South African local government

Msenge

Nzewi

2021

Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation

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“…O halde, TCDB sürecinde 19 | 2021; 19 (2); İktisadi İdari Bilimler Sayısı katılımcılığı artıracak uygun yöntemlerin benimsenmesi ve bunun için de bütçeleme sürecinin topluluklar ve bireyler üzerindeki kritik etkisinin daha net aktarılması gerekmektedir (Aydemir-Uslu, 2017, s. 44). TCDB yaklaşımı, kamu kaynakların kullanımında ve mal ve hizmet sunumunda belirleyici faktörün kıt kaynaklardan ziyade öncelikler meselesi olduğu görüşüne dayanmaktadır (Bassett, 2016). Dolaysıyla, bütçe döngüsünün başından sonuna kadar her bir aşamada vatandaşların sürece dahil edilmesi, ama aynı zamanda onların süreci takip edebilme ve anlayabilme ve toplumsal cinsiyete göre ayrıştırılmış kesişimsel veriler yoluyla analiz ve değerlendirme kapasitelerinin güçlendirilmesi gerekmektedir (Aydemir-Uslu, 2017).…”

Section: Toplumsal Cinsiyete Duyarlı Bütçeleme: Tarihsel Ve Kuramsal Arkaplanunclassified

Yerel Yöneti̇mlerde Faali̇yet Ve Proje Bazli Toplumsal Ci̇nsi̇yete Duyarli Bütçeleme: Teki̇rdağ Ve Urla Beledi̇yeleri̇ Uygulamasi

Yılmaz¹,

Uslu²,

Biçer³

2021

Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Kamusal kaynak tahsisi ve yeniden dağıtım sürecinde, hayatın çoğu alanında sosyoekonomik olarak dezavantajlı olan ve cinsiyet, cinsel kimlik, din, ırk, etnik köken, engellilik ve benzerleri nedeniyle kesişimsel ayrımcılığa maruz kalanların durumunun dikkate alınması, eşitsizliklerin azaltılması bakımından kritik öneme sahiptir. Kamu harcamalarının tahsis edilmesi ve kamusal hizmet sunumunun gerçekleştirilmesi sürecinde farklı toplumsal cinsiyetlerin ihtiyaç ve önceliklerinin gözetilmesi amacıyla geliştirilen Toplumsal Cinsiyete Duyarlı Bütçeleme (TCDB) aynı zamanda kesişimsel cinsiyet ayrımcılıklarının ortadan kaldırılmasını hedeflemektedir. Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'de TCDB girişimlerinin sınırlı örneklerinden olan Tekirdağ Büyükşehir Belediyesi ile Urla Belediyesi'nde gerçekleştirilen proje ve faaliyet bazlı TCDB uygulaması ele alınmıştır. Her iki uygulama da geliştirilmesi gereken yanlar olmakla birlikte, ulusal ya da uluslararası herhangi bir kurumun desteği olmadan TCDB yaklaşımı temelinde ilgili tablolarının bütçe paketi içine eklenmesi açısından Türkiye'deki öncü örnekler arasındadır. Bu uygulamaların yerel siyasi aktörler ve sivil toplum tarafından sahiplenilmesi, toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği politikalarının daha sürdürülebilir bir yapıda olmasına katkı sağlayacaktır.

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“…Participatory budgeting has evolved in many respects, but it has also become a very popular -or even fashionable tool of decentralization and improvement of local governance, applied on all continents ("Participatory Budgeting Worlwide", 2013), not only in democratic states (He, 2011). With its introduction in other political systems, social contexts and procedural circumstances, participatory budgeting had to change, facing new challenges and consequently, leading to different results (Basset, 2016) and the evolution does not always correspond to the ambitious original framework, including the ethical aspect. As argued in a broad study of 2013, entitled "Participatory Budgeting Worldwide -Updated Version" (Sintomer, Herzberg, Allegretii, 2013), the process is now present on virtually all continents, however, the forms of its implementation are sometimes extremely far from the Porte Alegre objectives.…”

Section: Participatory Budgeting As a Social Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wrocław Civic Budget. Social Innovation Adapted in Polish Local Government

Madej¹

2019

ppsy20194

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The paper explores Wrocław Civic Budget in the context of procedures and impact. It reviews various data to present different aspects of this process: number of projects submitted and implemented, citizens' participation in the selection process, geographical distribution of the implemented projects and their contents, showing the significant fall in the citizens' interest in the process after two years of its implementation. The paper aims to analyze whether the project in its current form actually succeeds in activating the citizens' and involving them in the local decision-making on one hand, and changing the city on the other. The effectiveness of participatory budgeting in Wrocław is explored, considering such criteria as reliability, impact, activation and innovativeness. The data reveal both the successes and drawbacks of Wrocław Civic Budget, allowing for presentation of recommendations.

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An alternative to democratic exclusion? The case for participatory local budgeting in South Africa

Cited by 7 publications

References 34 publications

A proposed citizen participation–public trust model in the context of service delivery protests in South African local government

A proposed citizen participation–public trust model in the context of service delivery protests in South African local government

Yerel Yöneti̇mlerde Faali̇yet Ve Proje Bazli Toplumsal Ci̇nsi̇yete Duyarli Bütçeleme: Teki̇rdağ Ve Urla Beledi̇yeleri̇ Uygulamasi

Wrocław Civic Budget. Social Innovation Adapted in Polish Local Government

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