Participatory budgeting at Mexico City: modalities and results

This article addresses the modalities and results of the participatory budget, a direct democracy mechanism that has been used in Mexico City from 2011 to 2017. The paper analyzes the organization of this instrument, as well as the items that were submitted for the consideration of citizens so that...

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Autor: Escamilla Cadena, Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/7027
Acceso en línea:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/7027
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:democracia directa
presupuesto participativo
organizaciones vecinales
consultas
Ciudad de México.
Direct democracy
participatory budgeting
neighborhood organizations
consultations
Mexico City.
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Sumario:This article addresses the modalities and results of the participatory budget, a direct democracy mechanism that has been used in Mexico City from 2011 to 2017. The paper analyzes the organization of this instrument, as well as the items that were submitted for the consideration of citizens so that their authorities could assign a part of the budget to it. In the same way, the legal regulation that defines the application of these consultations is presented, as well as the functions performed in this process by the local government and electoral institutions, and also the neighborhood organizations. Finally, the results of these exercises are also considered.