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Participatory Economic Democracy in Action

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  • Adalmir Marquetti

    (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil)

  • Carlos E. Schonerwald da Silva

    (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

  • Al Campbell

    (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA)

Abstract

This paper is a case study of a particularly important and well known experiment in participatory economic democracy, participatory budgeting (PB) in Porto Alegre under the Workers’ Party. Its intention is to draw both positive and negative lessons from this experience. There are three fundamental parts to the paper. The first part sets the frame for understanding this experiment by reviewing several relevant considerations of participatory democracy in general, and then describing the institutional structure of Porto Alegre’s PB. The second part is an empirical investigation for this case of three central issues in participatory economic democracy: participation, the nature of choices, and the resulting redistribution. A third part considers a number of limitations of the PB process as it occurred in Porto Alegre from the perspective of economic democracy.JEL classification: H72, R50

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  • Adalmir Marquetti & Carlos E. Schonerwald da Silva & Al Campbell, 2012. "Participatory Economic Democracy in Action," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 44(1), pages 62-81, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:44:y:2012:i:1:p:62-81
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    1. Byeongsun Ahn & Michael Friesenecker & Yuri Kazepov & Jana Brandl, 2023. "How Context Matters: Challenges of Localizing Participatory Budgeting for Climate Change Adaptation in Vienna," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(1), pages 399-413.
    2. Spada,Paolo & Mellon,Jonathan & Peixoto,Tiago Carneiro & Sjoberg,Fredrik Matias, 2015. "Effects of the internet on participation : study of a public policy referendum in Brazil," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7204, The World Bank.

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    Keywords

    participatory democracy; participatory budgeting; fiscal policy; redistribution;
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    JEL classification:

    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • R50 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - General

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