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Participatory Budgeting in Poland: Quasi-Referendum Instead of Deliberation

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Participatory budgeting (PB) is a global phenomenon ex-emplifying a shift towards collaborative and participatory governance. This umbrella term embraces a huge variety of mechanisms of public participation in the budgetary process: from advanced consultation to a specific type of direct democracy. This article presents the results of an ex-tensive analysis of the Polish model of PB applied in nine municipalities of different size. It demonstrates that the model disseminated in Poland is based on quasi-referen-dum that guarantees the citizens direct impact on local budgets. However, participation is limited to a minor part of local budgets and it is not accompanied by public delib-eration over strategic issues. Therefore, the Polish model of PB does not offer a genuine shift towards participatory local governance.

Source: University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

Author: Dawid Sześciło

Institution: University of Warsaw

Language: English

Topic: Political Theory and Democracy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2231426919

FWCI: 1.659

Cites: 20

Cited by: 21

Related to: 10