Participatory Budgeting at the Local Level: Challenges and Opportunities for New Democracies
Participatory Budgeting at the Local Level: Challenges and Opportunities for New Democracies
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地方一级的参与式预算：新民主国家的挑战和机遇
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2013
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Ringa Raudla
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Jelizaveta Krenjova;Ringa Raudla
本文的主要目标是研究现有的参与式预算（PB）的模型，以匹配不同的背景变量的星座的各种模型，并调查PB在中欧和东欧（CEE）的新民主国家的适用性。首先，本文概述了现有文献中提出的不同（西方）欧洲PB模型（波尔图阿莱格雷适应欧洲、就近参与、公共财政协商、多方利益攸关方参与和社区参与预算编制），并概述了主要的环境变量（财政自主、政治文化、地方政府（LG）单位的规模、异质性和繁荣），这些因素可能会影响PB在不同LG中的适用性和可行性。作为第二步，本文分析了不同的PB模型和环境变量之间的联系：它检查在哪些条件下，每个PB模型将是适用的和可取的。作为第三步，本文讨论了不同的PB模式在中东欧地区的新民主国家的适用性。正如分析所示，地方政府有限的财政自主权和普遍存在的政治文化（加上民间社会薄弱）可能构成中欧和东欧国家实施方案支助的主要挑战，特别是如果考虑实施波尔图阿莱格雷模式的话。与此同时，可利用方案支助鼓励在该区域发展参与性文化，并促进真正的权力下放。
The main goals of this paper are to examine the existing models of participatory budgeting (PB), to match the various models to different constellations of contextual variables and to investigate the applicability of PB in the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). First, the article gives an overview of the different (Western) European PB models put forth in the existing literature (Porto Alegre adapted for Europe, proximity participation, consultation on public finance, multistakeholder participation, and community participatory budgeting) and outlines the main environmental variables (financial autonomy, political culture, the size, heterogeneity and prosperity of the local government (LG) units) that are likely to influence the applicability and feasibility of PB in different LGs. As a second step, the paper analyses the links between different PB models and the environmental variables: it examines under which conditions each of the PB models would be applicable and advisable. As a third step, the article discusses the applicability of different PB models in the new democracies in the CEE region. As the analysis shows, limited financial autonomy of the local governments and the prevailing political culture (combined with weak civil society) are likely to constitute the main challenges to implementing PB in CEE countries, especially if the implementation of the Porto Alegre model is considered. At the same time, PB could be used to encourage the development of participatory culture in the region and to foster genuine decentralisation.