Contestation in Participatory Budgeting

Spaces, Boundaries, and Agency

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3758632
AutoresMarkus Holdo (0000-0001-5921-0983, Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume64
Fascículo9
Páginas1348-1365
Data de publicação2020-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764220941226
OpenAlexW3081196827
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas46

Local political leaders as well as international organizations have embraced participatory budgeting in response to problems of political exclusion and citizens' dissatisfaction with representative democracy. This article provides a framework to highlight important aspects of the politics of participation. The framework allows scholars to explore how factors external to spaces of participation interact with aspects of participation within them. The framework conceptualizes participatory budgeting as political spaces, whose boundaries are shaped by ideologies, interests, and patterns of social exclusion. In dynamic spaces, such boundaries are constantly renegotiated and contestation helps maintain their openness. In static spaces, by contrast, predefined boundaries are imposed on participants who may accept or reject them. Empirical examples of participatory budgeting illustrate the usefulness of this framework. The article ends by discussing key avenues for further research

Agency (philosophy) · Citizen journalism · Democracy · Ideology · Openness to experience · Participatory budgeting · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance