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Keywords
- democracy
About this book
Citizens' participation, especially participatory budgeting, has spread out in both continents, even if the context is very different. This book offers an overview of the latest developments in democratic innovation, presenting contributions from scholars and practitioners of each continent who are highly recognised as experts in their fields.
About the authors
YVES SINTOMER is a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at Paris 8 University, France. Since 2009, he has also been guest professor at Neuchâtel University, Switzerland.
RUDOLF TRAUB-MERZÂ holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of TĂĽbingen, Germany where he specialized on the political economy of development in Africa. In 1986, he joined the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), and subsequently, became country representative in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and the Philippines.
JUNHUA ZHANGÂ is Professor in the Political Science department at the College of Public Administration at Zhejiang University, China. He served as the Director of the Asian Center for Development and Transformation in Berlin, Germany until 2006.
RUDOLF TRAUB-MERZÂ holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of TĂĽbingen, Germany where he specialized on the political economy of development in Africa. In 1986, he joined the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), and subsequently, became country representative in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and the Philippines.
JUNHUA ZHANGÂ is Professor in the Political Science department at the College of Public Administration at Zhejiang University, China. He served as the Director of the Asian Center for Development and Transformation in Berlin, Germany until 2006.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Participatory Budgeting in Asia and Europe
Book Subtitle: Key Challenges of Participation
Editors: Y. Sintomer, R. Traub-Merz, J. Zhang
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-00914-2Published: 25 March 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 269