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Participatory Economic Democracy in Action: Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre, 1989–2004.
- Source :
- Review of Radical Political Economics; Mar2012, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p62-81, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- PARTICIPATORY democracy
EXPERIMENTAL economics
BUDGET
FISCAL policy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 04866134
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Review of Radical Political Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 70604866
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613411418055