Participatory budgeting in Europe: Potentials and challenges

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-178

  Sintomer, Yves ^a   Herzberg, Carsten ^a   Röcke, Anja ^b  

^a CENTRE MARC BLOCH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Democratic deliberation; Democratic theory; Empowerment; History of transfers; Local governance; Management reforms; Participatory budgeting; Participatory democracy; Participatory governance; Social justice; Social protest; Types of participation; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRATIZATION; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN POLICY;

BRAZIL; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTO ALEGRE; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41049085178     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00777.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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