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Notes on the Authors |
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Foreword to the English Edition |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Discontent with Democracy |
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The "Rue Jourdain' Example |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (3) |
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PART I The Return of the Caravels |
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1 `It All Began in Porto Alegre ...' |
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11 | (18) |
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The Porto Alegre Experiment |
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11 | (6) |
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The Spread of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil and Latin America |
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17 | (1) |
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What is Participatory Budgeting? |
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18 | (2) |
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The Development of Participatory Budgeting in Europe |
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20 | (9) |
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29 | (16) |
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Low Levels of Convergence between Local Political Systems |
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29 | (3) |
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Crisis of Legitimacy and Changes in Representative Democracy |
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32 | (3) |
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Local Governance and Participation |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (4) |
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3 Six Participatory Models |
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45 | (14) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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Participatory Modernisation |
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50 | (1) |
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Multi-stakeholder Participation |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (5) |
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PART II `Two, Three ... Many Porto Alegres?' |
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59 | (106) |
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4 Porto Alegre in Europe? (Spain and Italy) |
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61 | (18) |
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Spain: All Power to the People? |
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61 | (10) |
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Italy: Is Another Town Possible? |
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71 | (6) |
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Conclusion: The Challenges of Reproducing Porto Alegre |
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77 | (2) |
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5 `Proximity Democracy is in the Air' (France) |
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79 | (20) |
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The Erosion of Republicanism |
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80 | (2) |
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Redeveloping Political Links and Neighbourhood Management: Saint-Denis and Bobigny |
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82 | (7) |
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The Challenge of a Regional Participatory Budget |
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89 | (8) |
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Conclusion: A Paradoxical Situation |
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97 | (2) |
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6 Proximity: Springboard or Trap? (Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands) |
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99 | (14) |
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Mons (Belgium): Urban Regeneration Policy and Citizen Participation |
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99 | (4) |
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Utrecht (Netherlands): Neighbourhood Funds and Neighbourhood Management |
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103 | (4) |
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Palmela (Portugal): Taking Proximity Seriously? |
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107 | (3) |
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Conclusion: The Challenge of Neighbourhood Management |
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110 | (3) |
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7 Participatory Modernisation (Germany and Finland) |
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113 | (16) |
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The Beginnings of the Burgerhaushalt |
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113 | (4) |
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Berlin-Lichtenberg: The Renaissance of a People's Republic? |
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117 | (5) |
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Hameenlinna (Finland): Small Democracy |
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122 | (3) |
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Conclusion: Conditions for Participatory Modernisation |
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125 | (4) |
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8 Between Community Development and Public--Private Partnerships (United Kingdom, Poland) |
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129 | (36) |
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From the Grassroots to the National Policy Agenda |
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131 | (9) |
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Consumer-orientation or Community Empowerment? |
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140 | (4) |
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Participatory Budgeting: A `National Strategy' for Local Community Empowerment |
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144 | (4) |
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148 | (8) |
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Participatory Neoliberalism? The Case of Plock (Poland) |
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156 | (3) |
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Conclusion: Empowerment, Minimal State and `Big' Politics |
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159 | (6) |
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Conclusion of Part II: The `Porto Alegre Effect' |
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163 | (2) |
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PART III Challenges and Outcomes of Citizen Participation |
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165 | (42) |
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9 Public Services Serving the Public? |
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167 | (18) |
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`Making Public Services Competitive In Order To Avoid Privatisation' |
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167 | (2) |
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The Roles of Citizens in the Modernisation of Public Services |
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169 | (3) |
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172 | (4) |
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Towards Technical Democracy |
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176 | (9) |
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10 An Instrument of Social Justice? |
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185 | (10) |
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An Alternative to Neoliberalism? |
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185 | (4) |
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189 | (6) |
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11 Democratising Democracy? |
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195 | (12) |
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Towards a Deliberative Democracy? |
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196 | (5) |
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201 | (6) |
Conclusion: Housing, Building and Painting |
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207 | (4) |
Glossary |
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211 | (16) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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