Does Participatory Budgeting Bolster Voter Turnout in Elections ? The Case of the Czech Republic

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14560/19:00111406

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0016" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0016</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0016" target="_blank" >10.2478/nispa-2019-0016</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Does Participatory Budgeting Bolster Voter Turnout in Elections ? The Case of the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Though participatory budgeting (PB) is often discussed as a tool to bolster the level of civic participation and the quality of democracy, empirical research on the subject offers ambiguous results. In the Czech Republic, PB was introduced 5 years ago, and the number of implemented PBs has since increased substantially. The purpose of this article is to evaluate whether the use of PB is associated with higher voter turnout in municipal and parliamentary elections. Voter turnout in Czech municipalities that implemented PB is analyzed and compared with the control group of municipalities without PB. Considered by type of election, we found that the impact of PB use on voter turnout is higher for local elections than it is for national elections, which is in line with our assumptions. However, our results were significant for Prague districts only. Participatory budgeting could increase voter turnout in local election, but there are other factors that must be considered.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Does Participatory Budgeting Bolster Voter Turnout in Elections ? The Case of the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

Though participatory budgeting (PB) is often discussed as a tool to bolster the level of civic participation and the quality of democracy, empirical research on the subject offers ambiguous results. In the Czech Republic, PB was introduced 5 years ago, and the number of implemented PBs has since increased substantially. The purpose of this article is to evaluate whether the use of PB is associated with higher voter turnout in municipal and parliamentary elections. Voter turnout in Czech municipalities that implemented PB is analyzed and compared with the control group of municipalities without PB. Considered by type of election, we found that the impact of PB use on voter turnout is higher for local elections than it is for national elections, which is in line with our assumptions. However, our results were significant for Prague districts only. Participatory budgeting could increase voter turnout in local election, but there are other factors that must be considered.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50201 - Economic Theory

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

ISSN

1337-9038

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

109-129

Kód UT WoS článku

000502563300005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85077126227