Designing for equitable civic engagement: Participatory design and discourse in contested spaces |
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Authors: | José W. Meléndez Maria Martinez-Cosio |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA;2. Department of Public Affairs, School of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA |
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Abstract: | A common theme of research on participatory democracy and citizen engagement centres on the need for empirical studies that conduct a deep exploration of the nuances and complexities of these processes. This article offers a distinct response to this need through an examination of two ethnographic case studies of a participatory budgeting process in a multilingual, highly diverse community in which Spanish-speaking Latino immigrants were involved. By analyzing participants discourse from the case studies, the findings highlight the risks and rewards of reframing participatory processes as design decisions rather than static procedures. |
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Keywords: | Participatory budgeting designing participatory processes principle of equality Latino immigrants discourse analysis |
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