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In occasion of the next ISA RC10 Midterm Conference Lisbon (12-15 July 2017) we invite papers for the panel "Participatory Budgeting and Participatory Democracy: Actors, Processes And Outcomes".
More detailed info on panel and the overall conference can be found below.
Please submit paper proposals to matteo.bassoli@??? <
mailto:matteo.bassoli@uniecampus.it>, paoloroberto.graziano@??? <
mailto:paoloroberto.graziano@unipd.it> and isa@??? <
mailto:isa@socius.iseg.ulisboa.pt> by March the 12th 2017 including the following info:
- the stream (6) and the session number (3)
- papers titles and abstracts (no more than 300 words)
- institutional affliliation
- institutional email address
We will then arrange the selected papers and submit them to the ISA
All the best,
Matteo Bassoli and Paolo Graziano
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CALL FOR PAPERS
ISA RC10 Midterm Conference " International Conference on Democracy and Participation in the 21st Century"
Lisbon (12-15 July 2017)
6.3. Participatory Budgeting and Participatory Democracy: Actors, Processes And Outcomes
Session Organized by:
Matteo Bassoli, eCampus University, Italy; matteo.bassoli@???
Paolo Graziano, University of Padua Italy; paoloroberto.graziano@???
The on-going political crisis sweeping consolidated democracies not only poses societal challenges but also questions some theoretical foundations of democracy itself, especially if a closer look to the EU is taken (Graziano and Halpern, 2016). Even beyond the EU, the challenges seem to focus on the representative traits of our democracies, although still little evidence exists on the overall impact of the crisis on democracy per se. Meanwhile, the idea of renewing, revitalising or empowering representative democracy constantly surfaces the debate on democracy (Mangabeira, 1987; Fung, 2006). These theoretical concepts have been particularly matched by growing interest towards empirical manifestations of new practices of non-representative forms of participation such as participatory budgeting, citizen audits, popular consultations, deliberative polls, (Fonts, della Porta and Sintomer, 2014; Geissel and Newton, 2012). Even though the first cases of participatory budgeting date back to the nineties and took place in Brazil, in several countries only in the past decade such innovative practice has been developed and has given birth to growing scholarly attention. Furthermore,departing from the analyses of participatory processes, several works have developed greater theoretical discussions on the relationship between participatory democracy tools (such as participatory budgeting and – according to some – e-democracy) and representative democracy.
Within this broad framework, the session welcomes theoretical and empirical studies on new forms of participatory democracy practices, not only limited to participatory budgeting. More specifically, we particularly welcome papers which will focus on the theoretical tensions between representative and participatory democracy and on the empirical manifestations in local (and/or national) decision-making. Each paper proposal (abstract) will have to be structured as follows: title, topic/practice relevance, (some) literature references, research design and – if relevant – methods. Proposals which do not conform to this structure may not be considered for inclusion in the session.
How to submit a paper
In order to submit a communication proposal please first choose a specific session (see
http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~socius/eventos/ISA-RC10/call_for_papers.shtml <
http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~socius/eventos/ISA-RC10/call_for_papers.shtml>). Please mention in the proposal the stream (6) and the session number (3). Also please include your name, affiliation and email.
For your proposal to be considered please submit the title and an abstract (max. 300 words) both to:
- the session organizers at: matteo.bassoli@??? <
mailto:matteo.bassoli@uniecampus.it>, paoloroberto.graziano@??? <
mailto:paoloroberto.graziano@unipd.it>
- and the Conference email at: isa@??? <
mailto:isa@socius.iseg.ulisboa.pt>
The session organizer(s) will evaluate your abstract. The Conference email will confirm reception and notify if the abstract has been refused or accepted, for oral communication or as a distributed paper.
The working languages of the conference will be English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, but please be aware that no translation will be provided by the conference.
Deadlines:
12 March - Deadline to submit abstract proposals
15 April - Notification of acceptance of the abstracts to the authors
31 May - Deadline for accepted authors to register for the conference
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Matteo Bassoli
Phd, Assistant Professor in Political Sociology
eCampus Online University - School of Law
Via Isimbardi 10
22060 Novedrate (CO) - Italy
Tel. +39-031-7942500
fax- +39-0376-1581001
mob. +39-339-6189870
skype. matteo.bassoli
Just published:
Catholic Versus Communist: An Ongoing Issue—The Role of Organizational Affiliation in Accessing the Policy Arena <
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11266-016-9708-1>
Political Participation of Local Publics in the Unemployment Field: A Comparison of Lyon and Turin <
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2015.1095085>Gender ideology: The last barrier to women’s participation in political consumerism? - IJCS <
http://cos.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/01/22/0020715215625726.full.pdf+html>Can Quasi-market and Multi-level Governance Co-exist? - Social Policy & Administration <
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spol.12176/abstract>
Devolution and Local Cohesion Policy - Journal of Social Policy <
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9705953&fileId=S0047279415000239>
