Defining and Achieving Normative Democratic Values in Participatory Budgeting Processes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Rossmann, Doralyn; Shanahan, Elizabeth A.
• 署名单位: Montana State University System; Montana State University Bozeman; Montana State University System; Montana State University Bozeman
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02480.x
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 56-65
• 关键词: citizen participation

摘要

Achieving public participation often is a goal for public budgeting entities, but it is difficult to accomplish in practice. This study examines three questions: How do public representatives interpret and define their democratic responsibilities? What are their insights regarding opportunities for and barriers to participatory budgeting processes? To what extent are these goals met? To address these questions, this research employs a qualitative research strategy with a case study design of a public university budgeting committee. The findings reveal that respondents (1) define their mission structurally and procedurally, (2) identify a need for ethical behavior and leadership, and (3) recognize that democratic values such as participation and efficiency are in tension with one another. Being open and inclusive comes in the form of the citizenpublic administrator dialectic and requires intellectual, ethical, and practical engagement with competing democratic values.