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Citizen Participation in Budgeting Theory
Author(s) -
Ebdon Carol,
Franklin Aimee L
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00600.x
Subject(s) - element (criminal law) , government (linguistics) , process (computing) , public relations , political science , empirical research , public administration , business , public economics , economics , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , law , operating system
Citizen participation in government budgeting processes is a topic that has received attention for many decades. Despite prescriptive exhortations to cities, research in this area has significant limitations. We identify four elements that are believed to influence the participation process. The variables within each element have received attention in the empirical literature, but no systematic effort has been made to uncover interaction effects and extend theory to make it more robust. We consider the weaknesses of our knowledge, suggest an impact model of citizen participation in budgeting, and identify hypotheses that may be tested in future research.