Participatory Budgeting in Asia and Europe

Introduction: Participatory Budgeting - A Global View; Y.Sintomer, R.Traub-Merz & C.Herzberg PART I: ASIAN EXPERIENCES Participatory Budgeting in the City of Ichikawa (Japan); A.Matsubara Participatory Budgeting in Dong-gu, Ulsan - A Korean Case Study; A. Songmin Participatory Budgeting in Indonesia - The Tanah Datar Experience; S.Mastuti & M.Neunecker Democratic Decentralization and Participatory Budgeting - The Kerala Experience (India); S.George & M.Neunecker PART II: FOCUS: CHINESE EXPERIENCES Participatory Budgeting in China: An Overview; B.He Reflections on Participatory Budgeting in China - The case study of Minhang District; W.Liu Assessing China's 'Sunshine Finance' Policy - offline and online: J.Zhang & L.Zhang Assessing Transparency in Provincial Government Budgeting: H.Jiang Problems of Participation in China Today: Urban Neighbourhood Communities; T.Heberer PART III: EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES Participation and Modernisation. Participatory Budgeting in Germany: The Example of Berlin-Lichtenberg; C.Herzberg Participatory Budgeting in Great Britain: Between a Neoliberal Agenda and Community Empowerment; J.Hall & A.Röcke Participatory Budgeting and Social Justice - Implications of Some Cases in Spain and Italy; G.Allegretti A Polish Case Study: Participatory Budgeting in the City of P?ock; D.Dakowska Participatory Budgeting and Mobilisation in Spain: Who Participates and How; E.Ganuza & F.Francés Participatory Democracy or 'Proximity' Democracy? The 'High School Participatory Budget' in Poitou-Charentes, France; Y.Sintomer, A.Röcke & J.Talpin Conclusion