The Redistribution of Representation through Participation
Participatory Budgeting in Chengdu and Delhi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13053338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Émilie Frenkiel (0000-0002-5549-7021, Université Paris-Est Créteil, corresponding author), Stéphanie Tawa Lama‐rewal (0000-0002-4746-7586, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 112-123 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics and Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-2463 • E-ISSN: 2183-2463 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/pag.v7i3.2139 |
| OpenAlex | W2976768461 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 34 |
A strong contention of the “representative turn” is that representation is consubstantial with politics (Saward, 2010). One way to test the heuristic value of this vision is to look for representation in an institution that was historically built against representation, namely participatory budgeting (PB), a democratic innovation that has spread globally with exceptional rapidity. The literature on PB identifies two types of relationships between participation and representation: (i) participation “challenges” (Houtzager & Gurza Lavalle, 2009) existing forms and principles of representation (through “assumed representation” by civil society activists; or through “citizen agents”; Montambeault, 2016); or (ii) participation is “instrumentalised” (Fischer, 2012) by classic forms and actors of representation. On the basis of a comparative analysis of PB experiences in Chengdu (China) and Delhi (India), we argue in this article that a third type of relationship can be observed: participation—as implemented through PB—can also redistribute representation insofar as new, official representative roles are created. Moreover, looking at these new roles provides important clues about the principles of representation that are implemented and therefore about the transformative nature of PB
China · Citizen journalism · Civil society · Democracy · Participatory budgeting · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Redistribution (election · Representation (politics · Sociology · Transformative learning · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.71 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |