Učinci i potencijali participativnog donošenja proračuna: slučaj Pazin

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Effects and Potentials of Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Pazin
• Author: Toma Kukoč
• Mentor: Ana Matan (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2016-09-30, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Osnovna svrha i cilj ovog rada bili su davanje doprinosa istraživanjima na temu participacije građana u donošenju političkih odluka. Jedna od novih demokratskih institucija koja se pokušava uhvatiti u koštac s demokratskim deficitom je participativno budžetiranje. Ovaj rad donosi pregled prakse participativnog budžetiranja u svijetu, analizira kakav je efekt ono imalo u zemlji s najbogatijim iskustvom, Brazilu te kakvi su uvjeti i perspektive za razvoj građanske participacije u Hrvatskoj. Do podataka se došlo usporednim pregledom postojeće literature, uvidom u publikacije lokalne uprave te analizom javnih rasprava u istraživanim zajednicama.
Istraživanje, temeljeno na dvadeset godina participativnog budžetiranja u Brazilu, pokazuje da ono ima pozitivan efekt na poboljšanje uvjeta života socijalno ugroženijih slojeva te da potiče razvoj civilnog društva. Niz istraživanja ukazuje na to da se val participativne prakse širi svijetom te da od pojedinačnih eksperimenata participativno budžetiranje postaje norma u mnogim lokalnim zajednicama. Pazin je prvi takav uspješan primjer u Hrvatskoj. Dokazano je da građani nisu zadovoljni trenutnim stanjem otvorenosti javne uprave u Hrvatskoj te da je njihovo sudjelovanje u donošenju odluka jedan od načina da se to promijeni.

Abstract (english)

The main purpose and objective of this study was to contribute to research on the topic of citizen participation in political decision-making. A new democratic strategy trying to tackle the democratic deficit is participatory budgeting. This paper provides an overview of the practice of participatory budgeting globally, while analyzing the effects it has had in the country with the richest experience, Brazil, as well as an analysis of the conditions and prospects for the development of citizen participation in Croatia. The data was obtained through a comparative review of existing literature, examining the publications of local administration, and an analysis of public hearings in the communities studied.

The study, based on twenty years of participatory budgeting in Brazil, shows that it has a positive effect on improving the living conditions of vulnerable social strata and that it encourages the development of civil society. A number of studies indicate that the wave of participatory practices spread throughout the world and that from individual experiments, participatory budgeting is becoming the norm in many communities. Pazin is the first successful example in Croatia. There is evidence that citizens of Pazin are not satisfied with the current state of openness of public administration and their participation in this decision-making process is one of the ways to change this.

• Keywords: participativno budžetiranje; građanska participacija; Pazin; mjesni odbor; participativni proračun; Porto Alegre; male komunalne akcije; civilno društvo
• Keywords (english): participatory budgeting; citizen’s participation; Pazin; sub-municipal unit; participatory budget; Porto Alegre; small community projects; civil society
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:690818
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Closed access
• Created on: 2016-12-07 13:04:20