Open AccessAction Research on Using Participatory Budgeting for Community Construction in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Cheng-Neng Lai,
Cheng-Hsun Hsieh,
Chung-Heng Hsieh,
Genevieve Chow
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
advances in social sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-0286
DOI - 10.14738/assrj.93.11970
Subject(s) - participatory budgeting , empowerment , citizen journalism , exhibition , action plan , action (physics) , local government , participatory planning , politics , corporate governance , order (exchange) , public participation , promotion (chess) , voting , public administration , plan (archaeology) , public relations , presentation (obstetrics) , business , political science , management , democracy , economics , economic growth , geography , finance , medicine , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , law , radiology
In order to improve the participation from local residents during the decision-making about their public’s life, participatory budgeting is one of the most prevalent system of civic engagement recently. In this project, the site selected in Taiwan is a span space under expressway, is open to use as a park and physical fitness facility for the local residents. The action plan through explanatory presentation, empowerment and proposal workshop, project exhibition and voting, and preferred solution implementation. Using participatory budgeting as a tool of governance allows people to participate in the politics, and the government also wins the trust and obtain a higher satisfaction level from the public.