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Democracy, governmentality and transparency: participatory budgeting in action

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  • Maria Isabel Brun-Martos
  • Irvine Lapsley

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This paper examines initiatives in participatory budgeting (PB) in a city in the United Kingdom, a country which is a slow adopter of PB. While there are UK initiatives on PB, these are developmental. Nevertheless, this study underlines the potential of PB in an Anglo-Saxon context. The finance of local government and cities is notoriously opaque. PB has the potential to enhance both democratic accountability and effective city management through transparency. This study reveals a city which is profitably engaged with democratizing its budgetary activities and seeking to achieve greater transparency for its citizens and managers through the modernization of established practice.

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  • Maria Isabel Brun-Martos & Irvine Lapsley, 2017. "Democracy, governmentality and transparency: participatory budgeting in action," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(7), pages 1006-1021, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:19:y:2017:i:7:p:1006-1021
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2016.1243814
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    1. Sergiu Gherghina & Paul Tap, 2021. "Ecology Projects and Participatory Budgeting: Enhancing Citizens’ Support," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-14, September.
    2. Zhang, Eagle, 2024. "Accounting and statecraft in China: Accrual accounting for effective government rather than efficient market," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    3. Rasel Mpuya Madaha, 2020. "Can Local African Communities be Empowered through Participatory Budgeting?," International Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 5(2), pages 74-93, June.
    4. Barbora HALTOFOVA, 2018. "Fostering Community Engagement Through Crowdsourcing: Case Study On Participatory Budgeting," Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 13(1), pages 5-12, February.
    5. Lee, Dongwon & Min, Sujin, 2023. "Participatory budgeting and the pattern of local government spending: Evidence from South Korea," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    6. Pazzi, Silvia & Svetlova, Ekaterina, 2023. "NGOs, public accountability, and critical accounting education: Making data speak," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).

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