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On the Verge of Institutionalisation? Participatory Budgeting Evidence in Five Italian Regions

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  • Giovanni Allegretti

    (University of Coimbra, Apartado 3087, Largo Dom Dinis, 3000-995 Coimbra, Portugal)

  • Matteo Bassoli

    (University of Padova, Via del Santo, 28 35123 Padua, Italy)

  • Greta Colavolpe

    (University of Padova, Via del Santo, 28 35123 Padua, Italy)

Abstract

Over the past few years, Italy has been setting the stage for different democratic innovations, especially those that have been implemented at municipal (or sub-municipal) level in different parts of the country. The expansion of Participatory Budgeting has been a remarkable one, accompanied by the diffusion of regional laws that were adopted to promote a culture of more intense civic participation. Moving from an overview of the recent diffusion of Participatory Budgeting in different areas of the country, this article proposes a reflection on what kind of added value the existence of this legal provision has led to the promotion of participation at a regional level and what this may represent. The construction of the Italian branch of Participatory Budgeting’s World Atlas offers an opportunity to assess legal provisions’ contribution to the diffusion and enrootment of participatory practices, especially in smaller-scale municipalities. Through zooming into some cases (such as Sicily, Emilia Romagna, Apulia and Tuscany, or Lazio in the last few years) the authors argue that the formalisation of participatory practices into legal frameworks today is an important but not a sufficient factor that diffuses and enroots participatory culture in local territories, and that a supplement of monitoring structures and detailed studies would help make challenges and added values of regional law frameworks clearer.

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  • Giovanni Allegretti & Matteo Bassoli & Greta Colavolpe, 2021. "On the Verge of Institutionalisation? Participatory Budgeting Evidence in Five Italian Regions," Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal, Financial Research Institute, Moscow 125375, Russia, issue 2, pages 25-45, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:210202:p:25-45
    DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2021-2-25-45
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    Keywords

    participatory budgeting; institutionalisation; regional laws; participation incentives; citizens engagement; public policies; and civic engagement;
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    JEL classification:

    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation
    • K30 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - General
    • N44 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: 1913-
    • L38 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Policy

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