Feasibility of participatory budgeting in Iran according to comparative studies(Spain, France, Germany)

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1 Public Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University

2 phD.Student.in Pablic Law,Shahid Beheshti University Iran

10.48308/jlr.2024.235301.2711

Abstract

Participatory Budgeting process that enables the non-elected citizens to participate in public money allocation. This paper, as the comparative study focused on participatory budgeting, To be used as a model for the feasibility of implementing it in Iran.The results of the study of participatory budgeting of the countries studied in this paper indicate that the dominant approach to Spanish of participatory budgeting is in accordance with the participatory democracy model , which is the main purpose of social justice and distributive justice . In France, participatory budgeting has been formed with the aim of strengthening popular organizations, decentralizing public decisions, improving and closer relations between citizens and policymakers by strengthening local budgets and neighborhood councils, which is similar to the model of Proximity Democracy

.finally Participatory budgeting in Germany is more advisory than with the aim of improving public services , reducing public spending and increasing the legitimacy of public utilities . Considering the basic advantages of all three models in the studied countries, it is suggested to design the optimal model of participatory budgeting for Iran with a combination of these three models.

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Legal Research Quarterly

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Available Online from 07 May 2024

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  • Receive Date: 07 April 2024
  • Revise Date: 11 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 07 May 2024

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