A Research on the Opinions and Attitudes of Participatory Budget Applications of Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Central District Council Members

Abstract

Modern budget systems have existed since the 1980s. Local government budgets include citizen demand and citizen participation, which are conceptualized in modern budget systems. Governance and participatory budget practices support active citizenship practices in local government budgets. Participatory budgeting is observed in many countries of the world. The first participatory budget was implemented in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is stated that participatory budget implementation in Porto Alegre has been a pattern for other countries in the world. In this study, examples of New York and India are included. Çanakkale Municipality is the only official participatory budgeting pilot application in Turkey. In this study, after the conceptual framework of the participatory budget is described, Manisa Metropolitan Municipality central districts members’s opinions and attitudes will be covered. In the research, semi-structured interview method was conducted.

Keywords

• Government Budget
• Local Administration
• Governance
• Participatory Budget