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Palgrave MacMillan Framing Citizen Participation Participatory Budgeting in France Germany and the United Kingdom 2014 Edition by A. Roecke
Originally developed in Brazil, participatory budgeting is widely recognised as democratic innovation yet its concrete results vary greatly. Collating evidence from empirical and theoretical analysis, this book aims to provide an explanation for these varied results by analysing participatory budgeting in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Table of contents :- INTRODUCTION PART I: ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK: FRAMES, DIFFUSION AND DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS 1. Frames and Diffusion 2. Citizen Partixcipation and Democratic Innovations 3. A Democratic Innovation: PB in Porto Alegre PART II: THE INVENTION OF NATIONAL MODELS? PB IN FRANCE, GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM 4. France: With PB Beyond "Proximity"? 5. Germany: PB Between Consultation, Financial Squeeze and the "Citizens Town' 6. United Kingdom: PB as a Form of Community Empowerment? PART III: FROM FRAMES TO DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS? THREE LOCAL CASE STUDIES OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING 7. Participatory Democracy in Schools? The Case of Poitou-Charentes, France 8. Participatory Budgeting as Citizens' Town? The Case of Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany 9. Salford, England (United Kingdom): Participatory Budgeting as a Form of Top-Down Community Empowerment Conclusion