Civil society organizations, participation and budgeting

Willmore, Larry (2004): Civil society organizations, participation and budgeting. Published in: Citizen participation and pro-poor budgeting No. ST/ESA/PAD/SER.E/76 (October 2005): pp. 19-34.

Abstract

The author defines terms and concepts discussed in an Expert Group Meeting on Civil Society Participation in Fiscal Policy held at UN headquarters in New York City. He addresses first the question, What is civil society? The term is used in varied ways by different writers, which makes communication difficult and impedes clarity of thought. Second, he attempts to categorize and synthesize the many ways that civil society participates in the budget process.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: participatory budgeting; direct democracy; plebiscites
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B1 - History of Economic Thought through 1925; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E62 - Fiscal Policy

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