TWENTY YEARS OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING: AN ANALYSIS OF THE BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITIES EXPERIENCE

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Danielle Martins Duarte
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/cgpc/article/view/3190

The object of this study was to analyze the experience of Participatory Budgeting (PB) in the Brazilian municipalities, focusing on the process of implantation and the main obtained results. The variables on which the study was based were organized in five dimensions of analysis: participative, administrative, normative legal, financial, and territorial dimension. For this purpose, a survey of publications concerning the experience of Brazilian municipalities in PB in three or more governments since 1989 was carried out, obtaining 43 articles relating to the experience of 26 municipalities. The method used was content analysis. The results had shown that in all municipalities the cycle of PB during the implantation process was composed by eight stages. However, the analyzed variables revealed that the process of PB tended to acquire new outlines according to the characteristics and needs of each municipality. In brief, the variables that explained the well succeeded experiences of PB were political diligence and cooperation between members of the city council and society; administrative continuity and maturity in the process; participation of the community in the assemblies; cohesion between planning, technique, administration and PB; and the credibility of the process. It is emphasized that, despite the development of Participatory Budgeting, the municipalities analyzed did not even pass the second stage, which means they had only legitimized the PB. In other words, participatory practices are still considered marginal in the national political culture. KEYWORD: Participatory Budgeting, municipalities, democracy, public politics, popular participation.