β Scribed by Anja RΓΆcke (auth.)
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Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Frames and Diffusion....Pages 19-29
Citizen Participation and Democratic Innovations....Pages 30-44
A Democratic Innovation: Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre....Pages 45-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
France: Between βProximityβ and Participatory Democracy....Pages 59-72
Germany: Consultation, Modernisation and the βCitizensβ Townβ....Pages 73-86
United Kingdom: A National Strategy for Community Empowerment....Pages 87-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Participatory Democracy in Schools? The Case of Poitou-Charentes, France....Pages 113-132
Participatory Budgeting as βCitizensβ Townβ? The Case of Berlin Lichtenberg, Germany....Pages 133-152
A Process of Top-Down Community Empowerment? The Case of Salford, England (United Kingdom)....Pages 153-166
Conclusion....Pages 167-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-227
European Politics; Public Policy; Economic Policy; Political Science; Democracy; Comparative Politics
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