Stephanie Mcnulty
Biographic Data
| ID | 787844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Mcnulty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcnulty |
| SIGNATURE | MCNULTY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Franklin & Marshall College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6320-6469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Participatory budgeting and well-being
Purpose Participatory budgeting's (PB’s) proponents hope that bringing development projects to historically underserved communities will improve well-being by extending infrastructure and services. This article details the logic connecting PB to well-being, describes the evolution of PB programs as they spread around the world and consolidates global evidence from research that tests hypotheses on PB's impact. The purpose of this paper is to addr…
Technocracy for the People? The Impact of Government-Imposed Democratic Innovations on Governance and Citizen Well-Being
Despite participatory institutions’ increasing ubiquity, we know little about their effects on governance and well-being. What we do know comes largely from Brazil, where positive outcomes have been attributed to civil society’s role in implementation. Often, however, participatory institutions are imposed by national governments, with little civil society engagement. In these cases, scholars have argued, participatory institutions are unlikely t…
Participatory Budgeting and Community Development
Participatory budgeting (PB) is designed to leverage local knowledge about community needs and translate spending preferences into tangible community development action by giving communities control over key budgetary resources. Moreover, PB participants learn about decision-making processes in development policy and can organize to pursue their communities' interests beyond the PB process by engaging with government and civil society. PB advocat…
Response to Nicole Bolleyer’s review of Democracy from Above? The Unfulfilled Promise of Nationally Mandated Participatory Reforms
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Peru's Struggle with the Fujimori Legacy
Peru is trapped in a cycle of political instability, which prevents a focus on strengthening democratic institutions
Embedded exclusions
Do participatory institutions facilitate gender empowerment? As these institutions spread around the world, we still know very little about the gendered nature of participatory democratic spaces. Through the case study of state-mandated participatory budgeting in Peru, this article employs original data on participation to explore gender and inclusion. The study suggests that participatory institutions are not promoting gender equality. Instead, …
Gender, the workplace and the limits of the law
This reply discusses two articles that explore the limits of legal initiatives that attempt to rectify gender imbalances. The two articles tackle different issue areas (birthing and parental policies), yet come to similar conclusions: legal initiatives cannot necessarily change deeply entrenched cultural norms about women's bodies and choices. The articles also point to the problematic conclusion that policies meant to improve women's experience …
Peru 2016
As an electoral year, 2016 confirmed the endurance of neoliberal economic models and democratic procedures in Peru. The election of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, popularly known as PPK, points to another year of the "automatic pilot" mode from the right, with continued neoliberal programs in the context of weak and inefficient institutions. The national elections also illustrate the continued trajectory of peaceful, democratic transfers of power at the …
Participatory Governance
Efforts to engage new actors in political decision‐making through innovative participatory programs have exploded around the world in the past 25 years. This trend, called participatory governance, involves state‐sanctioned institutional processes that allow citizens to exercise voice and vote in public policy decisions that produce real changes in citizens' lives. Billions of dollars are spent supporting these efforts around the world. The conce…
Barriers to Participation
As citizens increasingly work to improve transparency and governance, participatory budgeting (PB) has emerged in thousands of cities. Advocates argue that PB can serve to educate citizens, increase transparency, and even improve living standards in the cities and towns that implement this form of public finance. However, we still know very little about how inclusive these processes are. This article asks: first, are participatory budgeting proce…
Participatory Democracy? Exploring Peru's Efforts to Engage Civil Society in Local Governance
As institutions are created to engage citizens and civil society organizations more directly, who participates, and what effect does participation have? This article explores two of Peru's participatory institutions, the Regional Coordination Councils and the participatory budgets, created in 2002. Specifically it asks, once these institutions are set up, do organizations participate in them? and what effect does this participation have on the or…
An Unlikely Success
This article focuses on the unlikely success of Peru’s top-down participatory budget experience. As part of democratization and decentralization efforts in the early 2000s, Peruvians mandated participatory budgeting in all subnational governments. The article suggests that, while success is constrained in many ways, Peruvians can point to two important accomplishments: 1) engaging a significant number of civil society organizations in debating pu…
Fujimori's Coup and the Breakdown of Democracy in Latin America (review)
Technocracy for the People? The Impact of Government-Imposed Democratic Innovations on Governance and Citizen Well-Being
Despite participatory institutions’ increasing ubiquity, we know little about their effects on governance and well-being. What we do know comes largely from Brazil, where positive outcomes have been attributed to civil society’s role in implementation. Often, however, participatory institutions are imposed by national governments, with little civil society engagement. In these cases, scholars have argued, participatory institutions are unlikely t…
Participatory Democracy? Exploring Peru's Efforts to Engage Civil Society in Local Governance
As institutions are created to engage citizens and civil society organizations more directly, who participates, and what effect does participation have? This article explores two of Peru's participatory institutions, the Regional Coordination Councils and the participatory budgets, created in 2002. Specifically it asks, once these institutions are set up, do organizations participate in them? and what effect does this participation have on the or…
Peru 2016
As an electoral year, 2016 confirmed the endurance of neoliberal economic models and democratic procedures in Peru. The election of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, popularly known as PPK, points to another year of the "automatic pilot" mode from the right, with continued neoliberal programs in the context of weak and inefficient institutions. The national elections also illustrate the continued trajectory of peaceful, democratic transfers of power at the …
Participatory Budgeting and Community Development
Participatory budgeting (PB) is designed to leverage local knowledge about community needs and translate spending preferences into tangible community development action by giving communities control over key budgetary resources. Moreover, PB participants learn about decision-making processes in development policy and can organize to pursue their communities' interests beyond the PB process by engaging with government and civil society. PB advocat…
Embedded exclusions
Do participatory institutions facilitate gender empowerment? As these institutions spread around the world, we still know very little about the gendered nature of participatory democratic spaces. Through the case study of state-mandated participatory budgeting in Peru, this article employs original data on participation to explore gender and inclusion. The study suggests that participatory institutions are not promoting gender equality. Instead, …
Fujimori's Coup and the Breakdown of Democracy in Latin America (review)
An Unlikely Success
This article focuses on the unlikely success of Peru’s top-down participatory budget experience. As part of democratization and decentralization efforts in the early 2000s, Peruvians mandated participatory budgeting in all subnational governments. The article suggests that, while success is constrained in many ways, Peruvians can point to two important accomplishments: 1) engaging a significant number of civil society organizations in debating pu…
Participatory Democracy? Exploring Peru's Efforts to Engage Civil Society in Local Governance
As institutions are created to engage citizens and civil society organizations more directly, who participates, and what effect does participation have? This article explores two of Peru's participatory institutions, the Regional Coordination Councils and the participatory budgets, created in 2002. Specifically it asks, once these institutions are set up, do organizations participate in them? and what effect does this participation have on the or…
Participatory Governance
Efforts to engage new actors in political decision‐making through innovative participatory programs have exploded around the world in the past 25 years. This trend, called participatory governance, involves state‐sanctioned institutional processes that allow citizens to exercise voice and vote in public policy decisions that produce real changes in citizens' lives. Billions of dollars are spent supporting these efforts around the world. The conce…
Barriers to Participation
As citizens increasingly work to improve transparency and governance, participatory budgeting (PB) has emerged in thousands of cities. Advocates argue that PB can serve to educate citizens, increase transparency, and even improve living standards in the cities and towns that implement this form of public finance. However, we still know very little about how inclusive these processes are. This article asks: first, are participatory budgeting proce…
Peru 2016
As an electoral year, 2016 confirmed the endurance of neoliberal economic models and democratic procedures in Peru. The election of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, popularly known as PPK, points to another year of the "automatic pilot" mode from the right, with continued neoliberal programs in the context of weak and inefficient institutions. The national elections also illustrate the continued trajectory of peaceful, democratic transfers of power at the …
Peru's Struggle with the Fujimori Legacy
Peru is trapped in a cycle of political instability, which prevents a focus on strengthening democratic institutions
Embedded exclusions
Do participatory institutions facilitate gender empowerment? As these institutions spread around the world, we still know very little about the gendered nature of participatory democratic spaces. Through the case study of state-mandated participatory budgeting in Peru, this article employs original data on participation to explore gender and inclusion. The study suggests that participatory institutions are not promoting gender equality. Instead, …
Gender, the workplace and the limits of the law
This reply discusses two articles that explore the limits of legal initiatives that attempt to rectify gender imbalances. The two articles tackle different issue areas (birthing and parental policies), yet come to similar conclusions: legal initiatives cannot necessarily change deeply entrenched cultural norms about women's bodies and choices. The articles also point to the problematic conclusion that policies meant to improve women's experience …
Response to Nicole Bolleyer’s review of Democracy from Above? The Unfulfilled Promise of Nationally Mandated Participatory Reforms
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Participatory Budgeting and Community Development
Participatory budgeting (PB) is designed to leverage local knowledge about community needs and translate spending preferences into tangible community development action by giving communities control over key budgetary resources. Moreover, PB participants learn about decision-making processes in development policy and can organize to pursue their communities' interests beyond the PB process by engaging with government and civil society. PB advocat…
Participatory budgeting and well-being
Purpose Participatory budgeting's (PB’s) proponents hope that bringing development projects to historically underserved communities will improve well-being by extending infrastructure and services. This article details the logic connecting PB to well-being, describes the evolution of PB programs as they spread around the world and consolidates global evidence from research that tests hypotheses on PB's impact. The purpose of this paper is to addr…
Technocracy for the People? The Impact of Government-Imposed Democratic Innovations on Governance and Citizen Well-Being
Despite participatory institutions’ increasing ubiquity, we know little about their effects on governance and well-being. What we do know comes largely from Brazil, where positive outcomes have been attributed to civil society’s role in implementation. Often, however, participatory institutions are imposed by national governments, with little civil society engagement. In these cases, scholars have argued, participatory institutions are unlikely t…
Political science (13 works) · Democracy (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Politics (10 works) · Citizen journalism (9 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Corporate governance (6 works) · Law (5 works)