We Can Get Something More Complete: Participatory Budgeting to Enhance Sustainability

Demediuk, Peter; Solli, Rolf; Burgess, Stephen F.

doi:10.18848/1832-2077/cgp/v07i01/54864

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“…Koltun, 2017). The adoption and management of PB often present an opportunity to enhance organizational capabilities and stimulate sensitivity toward innovation (Demediuk et al, 2011). In this regard, Kim and Schachter (2013) have shown how the combination of exploration and exploitation strategies in the organizational learning trajectory is relevant for successful PB.…”

Section: Participatory Budgeting and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In an analysis of PB and its social, environmental, and ecological outcomes from democratic and deliberative perspectives, Calisto Friant (2019) has demonstrated that the deliberative nature of the participatory process is principally responsible for its positive impact on the urban environment. Moreover, Demediuk et al. (2011) have studied the first participatory budget in Swedish local government and highlighted the potential of community engagement initiatives to support social, economic, and environmental sustainability.…”

Section: Participatory Budgeting In the Context Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Participatory Budgeting In the Context Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In an analysis of PB and its social, environmental, and ecological outcomes from democratic and deliberative perspectives, Calisto Friant (2019) Participatory budgeting and sustainability has demonstrated that the deliberative nature of the participatory process is principally responsible for its positive impact on the urban environment. Moreover, Demediuk et al (2011) have studied the first participatory budget in Swedish local government and highlighted the potential of community engagement initiatives to support social, economic, and environmental sustainability. They have stated that these contributions flow directly to sustainability through better contemporary ideas and decisions or to future policy and action via enhanced organizational capabilities and community capacity.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They have stated that these contributions flow directly to sustainability through better contemporary ideas and decisions or to future policy and action via enhanced organizational capabilities and community capacity. While PB has the potential to foster sustainability, certain risks may arise when the good intentions and substantial resources dedicated to a project for citizen participation collide with a contrary organizational culture and poorly matched political and managerial frameworks (Demediuk et al, 2011). Bland (2017) has studied sustainable PB, in the sense of continued utilization of PB, in cases of externally promoted PBs over the course of more than a decade and found that PB continued to be utilized in more than half of the 28 municipalities that were examineda striking example of long-term sustainability.…”

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Toward sustainable governance with participatory budgeting

Sinervo,

Bartocci,

Lehtonen

et al. 2024

JPBAFM

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PurposeSustainability is a pressing challenge of governance and public financial management. One key element of sustainable governance is the role of citizens. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a participatory tool with which citizens can influence public administration. PB is a democratic process that grants people real power over real money and it has spread around the world. This special issue explores the role of PB in the context of sustainable governance. In this editorial, the authors aim to approach PB as a form of sustainable governance.Design/methodology/approachIn this editorial, the authors collaborate in the analysis of how PB is implicated in the public management of complex social, economic and ecological issues. The authors identify key dimensions of internal and external sustainability based on prior research. The authors approach these dimensions as an internal–external nexus of sustainable governance in which organizational and financial sustainability are the internal dimensions and socio-political and environmental sustainability are the external dimensions.FindingsEven though PB can be seen as one tool for citizen participation, it has the potential to foster sustainability in multiple ways. PB, as a form of sustainable governance, requires a financially and administratively sustainable organizational process that results in the institutionalization of PB. It also includes thorough consideration of socio-political and environmental sustainability impacts of PB.Originality/valueAcademics are actively studying PB from various perspectives. However, most of this work has approached PB from the viewpoints of design and results of PB, and less is known about its institutional settings. PB has not yet been adequately studied in the context of sustainability, and there is a need to scrutinize PB as a form of sustainable governance.

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Section: Participatory Budgeting and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Participatory Budgeting In the Context Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Participatory Budgeting In the Context Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sinervo,

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Lehtonen

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The Digital Empowerment Paradox: The Experience in Denmark

Pries-Heje,

Fleron,

Baskerville

2024

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Participatory Budgeting (PB) is often utilized to initiate citizen involvement in governmental processes and familiarize them with public spending. It can help to increase transparency, communication between citizens and government and improve quality of life of the communities. Other times, it can increase costs with little returns. Overall, we have limited knowledge about PB development trajectories, practices, state of art, and future research possibilities. Hence, we have conducted a systematic, longitudinal, thematic literature review, that has examined 92 case studies of PB, and reveals that interest in PB research has been reflective of global movements e.g., the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and the like. The field, however, is also growing in maturity and needs specialized research on PB tools, sustainability, inclusion, amongst other topics.

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We Can Get Something More Complete: Participatory Budgeting to Enhance Sustainability

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Toward sustainable governance with participatory budgeting

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The Digital Empowerment Paradox: The Experience in Denmark

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