基层协商民主中的参与式预算:困境与出路

Participatory Budget and Effectiveness of Deliberative Democracy:The Case of Wenling

参与式预算是一种致力于实现公共预算、民主预算的制度,其建立在平等参与、协商对话、理性辩论、偏好转换、达成共识的基础上。温岭的参与式预算经历了十年发展后,产生了良好的政治、经济、文化绩效,充分展现了基层协商民主的有效性,但是在理论和实践中也遇到了困境。通过多重制度创新来化解参与式预算遇到的难题,从而能够进一步推动基层协商民主的践行,提升基层协商民主的治理绩效。

Since the 1980 s when Joseph Bessette put forward the concept of 'Deliberative Democracy',the concept has won a lot of attention.Deliberative democracy emphasizes equal participation,articulation of preferences,reasonable debate,preference change,and consensus building.After ten years of practice,Wenlin's participatory governance has achieved great success.It has also met difficulties.This study reports the strategies and methods Wenling has adopted to overcome these difficulties to sustain its practice of deliberative democracy.