Cherry-picking participation : explaining the fate of proposals from participatory processes
Font, Joan (Institute of Advanced Social Studies, IESA-CSIC)
Smith, Graham (University of Westminster)
Galais Gonzàlez, Carolina (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Alarcon, Pau (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Date:	2018
Description:	24 pàg.
Abstract:	What happens to the proposals generated by participatory processes? One of the key aspects of participatory processes that has been the subject of rare systematic analysis and comparison is the fate of their outputs: their policy proposals. Which specific factors explain whether these proposals are accepted, rejected or transformed by public authorities? In this article contextual and proposal-related factors are identified that are likely to affect the prospect of proposals being implemented. The explanatory power of these factors are tested through multilevel analysis on a diverse set of 571 policy proposals. The findings offer evidence that both contextual and proposal-related variables are important. The design of participatory processes affects the degree of implementation, with participatory budgeting and higher quality processes being particularly effective. Most significant for explaining outcomes are proposal-level, economic and political factors: a proposal's cost, the extent to which it challenges existing policy and the degree of support it has within the municipality all strongly affect the chance of implementation.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CSO2012-31832
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Democratic innovations ; Local governance ; Participation ; Policy implementation
Published in:	European journal of political research, Vol. 57 Núm. 3 (2018) , p. 615-636, ISSN 1475-6765

DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12248

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