Deliberative Tortoise or Plebiscitary Hare? The Evolution of Participatory Budgeting in Poland and Its Future Prospects Cover Image

Deliberacyjny żółw czy plebiscytowy zając? Ewolucja budżetowania partycypacyjnego w Polsce i jej widoki na przyszłość
Deliberative Tortoise or Plebiscitary Hare? The Evolution of Participatory Budgeting in Poland and Its Future Prospects

Author(s): Jacek Sroka
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW
Keywords: participatory budget; deliberation; plebiscite; democratic innovations;

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the analysis of deliberative participation of residents at the local level in Poland, and the case study is the Polish participatory budget countrywide study conducted between 2019 and 2025 at the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow, in connection with the implementation of the NCN OPUS 17 research grant. The analysis does not begin with basic concepts and concepts, as these findings have been published numerous times by the author over the past thirty years, and a such a résumé wouldn’t be possible to fit into an article format. The content focuses on the characteristics of the research, verification of the main research question, and conclusions relating to the title issue, which were formulated based on the results of detailed studies of participatory budgeting in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 80/2026
  • Issue No: 80
  • Page Range: 104-127
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish
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