Democracy, governmentality and transparency: participatory budgeting in action

Maria Isabel Brun-Martos and Irvine Lapsley

Public Management Review, 2017, vol. 19, issue 7, 1006-1021

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2016.1243814

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