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There is rising scholarly and political interest in participatory budgets and their potential to advance urban sustainability. This article aims to contribute to this field of study through the specific lens of the city of Lisbon’s experience as an internationally acknowledged leader in participatory budgeting. To this end, the article critically examines the lessons and potential contribution of the Lisbon Participatory Budget through a multimethod approach. Emerging trends and variations of citizen proposals, projects, votes, and public funding are analysed in tandem with emerging key topics that show links and trade-offs between locally embedded participation and the international discourse on urban sustainability. Our analysis reveals three interconnected findings: first, the achievements of the Lisbon Participatory Budget show the potential to counteract the dominant engineered approach to urban sustainability; second, trends and variations of the achievements depend on both citizens’ voice and the significant influence of the city council through policymaking; and, third, the shift towards a thematic Green Participatory Budget in 2020 was not driven by consolidated social and political awareness on the achievements, suggesting that more could be achieved through the 2021 urban sustainability oriented Participatory Budget. We conclude recommending that this kind of analysis should be systematically carried out and disseminated within city council departments, promoting much needed internal awareness of PBs’ potential as drivers of urban sustainability. We also identify further research needed into the sustainability potential of green PBs.
Roberto Falanga; Jessica Verheij; Olivia Bina. Green(er) Cities and Their Citizens: Insights from the Participatory Budget of Lisbon. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8243 .
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga, Jessica Verheij, Olivia Bina. Green(er) Cities and Their Citizens: Insights from the Participatory Budget of Lisbon. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8243.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga; Jessica Verheij; Olivia Bina. 2021. "Green(er) Cities and Their Citizens: Insights from the Participatory Budget of Lisbon." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8243.
In the last few decades, the diffusion of culture-led urban regeneration schemes has intercepted the growth of participatory approaches across a wide range of policy domains. Partnerships between private and public agencies have sought, accordingly, the engagement of citizens and stakeholders to push forward context-specific interventions. From the participatory action research developed in Lisbon, one of the cities funded under the EU-funded project ROCK, we analyse the ways in which this project has tackled spatial divides and socioeconomic inequalities in the project demonstration area. Our main argument is that operational decisions and substantive mismatches have given rise to opportunities and bottlenecks throughout the implementation of the project. While the public investment has been directed to regenerate a deprived area, it has fallen short of promoting greater connections within the area and with the surrounding neighbourhoods. ROCK’s actions have only partially met local community expectations regarding the project’s objectives for the optimisation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, with impacts over degrees of citizen engagement in the local Living Lab.
Roberto Falanga; Mafalda Corrêa Nunes. Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon. Land Use Policy 2021, 108, 105478 .
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga, Mafalda Corrêa Nunes. Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon. Land Use Policy. 2021; 108 ():105478.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga; Mafalda Corrêa Nunes. 2021. "Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon." Land Use Policy 108, no. : 105478.
This article takes steps from the birth and consolidation of “homeland” as the central discursive engine of the US national security enterprise; and takes issue with the dominant scholarly interpretation of the geographical and spatial implications of its emergence in terms of the dissolution of space and spatialization in security policy ( Bialasiewicz et al., 2007 : 416). We adopt a multi-scalar approach to exploring security discourse/practice, comparing the performativity of national and global security with the local practice/discourse of public safety—with empirical focus on the case of Memphis (TN). Our main arguments are that the homeland builds on the same performative elements of the emergence and consolidation of a certain conception of “community”, as it has become dominant in public safety policymaking at the local scale; and that the homeland/community performativity is the expression of a never-ending movement of production of multi-scalar geographies of the “good” and “evil”, made of the coexistence of centrifugal (pushing problems away) and centripetal (incorporating any given outside) dimensions.
Simone Tulumello; Roberto Falanga. Homeland as a multi-scalar community: (Dis)continuities in the US security/safety discourse and practice. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleSimone Tulumello, Roberto Falanga. Homeland as a multi-scalar community: (Dis)continuities in the US security/safety discourse and practice. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimone Tulumello; Roberto Falanga. 2021. "Homeland as a multi-scalar community: (Dis)continuities in the US security/safety discourse and practice." Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space , no. : 1.
Duncan Crowley; Teresa Marat-Mendes; Roberto Falanga; Thomas Henfrey; Gil Penha-Lopes. Towards a necessary regenerative urban planning: Insights from community-led initiatives for ecocity transformation. CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleDuncan Crowley, Teresa Marat-Mendes, Roberto Falanga, Thomas Henfrey, Gil Penha-Lopes. Towards a necessary regenerative urban planning: Insights from community-led initiatives for ecocity transformation. CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios. 2021; (Sp21):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDuncan Crowley; Teresa Marat-Mendes; Roberto Falanga; Thomas Henfrey; Gil Penha-Lopes. 2021. "Towards a necessary regenerative urban planning: Insights from community-led initiatives for ecocity transformation." CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios , no. Sp21: 1.
Worldwide, active aging policy calls for greater participation of senior citizens in the social, economic, and political realms. Despite emerging evidence of initiatives engaging senior citizens in social activities, little is known about the use of participatory approaches in the design and/or implementation of policies that matter to older citizens. This article identifies initiatives facilitating the civic participation of older people in policy-making in European Union member and associate states, drawing on a review of the literature, consultation of national policy experts, and exemplary case studies. Four main patterns of senior civic participation are identified: adopting consultative or co-decisional participatory approaches in policy design or policy implementation. The four are represented to varying degrees at different geographical levels (national, regional, local), with different actor configurations (appointed, elected/nominated, corporate representation), and with varying degree of institutionalization (temporary/permanent). Case studies illustrate approaches taken to enhance the quality and effectiveness of public services for senior citizens. Future research should strengthen this line of enquiry to cast further light on conditions facilitating the civic participation of senior citizens.
Roberto Falanga; Andreas Cebulla; Andrea Principi; Marco Socci. The Participation of Senior Citizens in Policy-Making: Patterning Initiatives in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 18, 34 .
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga, Andreas Cebulla, Andrea Principi, Marco Socci. The Participation of Senior Citizens in Policy-Making: Patterning Initiatives in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 18 (1):34.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga; Andreas Cebulla; Andrea Principi; Marco Socci. 2020. "The Participation of Senior Citizens in Policy-Making: Patterning Initiatives in Europe." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1: 34.
While citizen participation in policymaking is on the rise worldwide, the scholarly debate centring around its evaluation has not developed to the same extent. The article discusses the methodology and findings of the evaluation of the project “Portugal Participa: Caminhos para a Inovação Societal” which started at the end of 2014, and was implemented in 2015 and 2016, in Portugal. As the project promoted actions at both national and local levels, the evaluation accounted for both layers with a major focus on the analysis of procedures and outputs to examine its success. Through the application of a multi-method approach – data collection and analysis, cost-effectiveness assessment, interviews, pre-post surveys, and counterfactual focus groups – involving a wide array of agents – political representatives, civil servants, NGOs, citizens, national academia, and the funding sponsor – findings have helped retrieve three main insights that aim to contribute to future research on the evaluation of citizen participation in policymaking, which should shed light on: the (re)connection of multiple agents; the role within the governance systems; and the pursuit of social inclusion.
Roberto Falanga; João Ferrão. The evaluation of citizen participation in policymaking: Insights from Portugal. Evaluation and Program Planning 2020, 84, 101895 .
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga, João Ferrão. The evaluation of citizen participation in policymaking: Insights from Portugal. Evaluation and Program Planning. 2020; 84 ():101895.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga; João Ferrão. 2020. "The evaluation of citizen participation in policymaking: Insights from Portugal." Evaluation and Program Planning 84, no. : 101895.
This article is a comparative analysis of two internationally awarded cases of Participatory Budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). Our main argument is that the success of these PBs relies on political/administrative, societal, and geographic drivers. This conceptual model has been adopted to analyse and discuss the success of the two case studies. The provision of an original conceptual model for comparative analysis and the empirical knowledge from the two cities are supported by the review of main literature in this field of study, and aim to contribute, with original findings, to the international debate on participatory budgeting.
Roberto Falanga; Lígia Helena Hahn Lüchmann; André Nicoletti; Heloisa Cargnin Domingos. Participatory budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). A comparative analysis of the drivers of success. Journal of Civil Society 2020, 16, 1 -21.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga, Lígia Helena Hahn Lüchmann, André Nicoletti, Heloisa Cargnin Domingos. Participatory budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). A comparative analysis of the drivers of success. Journal of Civil Society. 2020; 16 (3):1-21.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga; Lígia Helena Hahn Lüchmann; André Nicoletti; Heloisa Cargnin Domingos. 2020. "Participatory budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). A comparative analysis of the drivers of success." Journal of Civil Society 16, no. 3: 1-21.
Roberto Falanga. Participatory Design: Participatory Urban Management. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2020, 449 -457.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. Participatory Design: Participatory Urban Management. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2020; ():449-457.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2020. "Participatory Design: Participatory Urban Management." Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 449-457.
Roberto Falanga. Participatory Design: Participatory Urban Management. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2019, 1 -9.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. Participatory Design: Participatory Urban Management. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2019; ():1-9.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2019. "Participatory Design: Participatory Urban Management." Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 1-9.
Citizen participation in policymaking has become a worldwide key reference for the design and implementation of urban regeneration. Despite the growing rate of participatory processes, little evidence or scientific debate has been fostered on their measurement and, broadly speaking, evaluation. While challenges in providing robust evaluations are related to the difficulties in providing common definitions of citizen participation in policymaking, the limited sharing of theories and evidence compromises a more comprehensive understanding of the socio-political phenomenon. The article contributes to this topic by discussing the conceptualisation and operationalisation of the participation index for the Bip/ Zip programme. Since 2011, the programme has tackled socio-spatial inequalities in 67 priority areas of Lisbon by funding local partnerships composed of local associations, NGOs, and parish governments committed to engaging local communities in the development of their activities. The participation index will be formulated from the convergence of data collected through quantitative and qualitative methods on the constitution of partnerships, the implementation of initiatives, and the provision of public funding. The discussion provides critical reflection upon opportunities and challenges of the ongoing process from the academic and policy sides, which can positively stimulate future research on the topic.
Roberto Falanga. Measuring citizen participation in urban regeneration: a reflection on the construction of the participation index for the Bip/Zip programme in Lisbon. Urban Development Issues 2019, 62, 47 -60.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. Measuring citizen participation in urban regeneration: a reflection on the construction of the participation index for the Bip/Zip programme in Lisbon. Urban Development Issues. 2019; 62 (1):47-60.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2019. "Measuring citizen participation in urban regeneration: a reflection on the construction of the participation index for the Bip/Zip programme in Lisbon." Urban Development Issues 62, no. 1: 47-60.
Worldwide, participatory processes have expanded by covering a wide range of policy areas, including urban regeneration. Acknowledging the formulation of success as the first methodological step for the evaluation of participatory processes, the article discusses insights and perplexities emerging from the BipZip Programme in Lisbon. The proposal of an alternative agenda builds on the need to provide the formulation of success with information on the macro, meso and micro contexts, to be collected through the participation of local partners and political/administrative agents. Theoretical and empirical knowledge concur to the international debate on the evaluation of citizen participation in urban regeneration.
Roberto Falanga. Formulating the success of citizen participation in urban regeneration: Insights and perplexities from Lisbon. Urban Research & Practice 2019, 13, 477 -499.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. Formulating the success of citizen participation in urban regeneration: Insights and perplexities from Lisbon. Urban Research & Practice. 2019; 13 (5):477-499.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2019. "Formulating the success of citizen participation in urban regeneration: Insights and perplexities from Lisbon." Urban Research & Practice 13, no. 5: 477-499.
The dissemination of citizen participation in policymaking has increased considerably worldwide, as in the case of participatory budgeting, considered as the best-known democratic innovation in this field of study and practice. In order to share empirical knowledge about participatory budgets, the article provides a comparative analysis of patterns of dissemination in Brazil and Portugal. These countries were selected for being paradigmatic cases in the dissemination of participatory budgets. The comparative analysis of sociopolitical contexts and institutional designs sheds light on similarities and differences on democratic frameworks, political and non-political agents, target public, approach to participation, and main goals. Findings point to similarities in the passage from the dictatorial to the democratic regime in both countries, and differences in the role of political parties and social agents behind the dissemination. It is within such sociopolitical contexts that non-associated citizens are the target of participatory budgets in both countries, although they are differently approached because address different goals.
Roberto Falanga; Lígia Helena Hahn Lüchmann. Participatory budgets in Brazil and Portugal: comparing patterns of dissemination. Policy Studies 2019, 41, 603 -622.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga, Lígia Helena Hahn Lüchmann. Participatory budgets in Brazil and Portugal: comparing patterns of dissemination. Policy Studies. 2019; 41 (6):603-622.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga; Lígia Helena Hahn Lüchmann. 2019. "Participatory budgets in Brazil and Portugal: comparing patterns of dissemination." Policy Studies 41, no. 6: 603-622.
Ana Rita Alves; Roberto Falanga. (Mis)matches between Academia and Politics: Knowledge, Involvement and Housing in Portugal. CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios 2019, 1 .
AMA StyleAna Rita Alves, Roberto Falanga. (Mis)matches between Academia and Politics: Knowledge, Involvement and Housing in Portugal. CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios. 2019; (38):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Rita Alves; Roberto Falanga. 2019. "(Mis)matches between Academia and Politics: Knowledge, Involvement and Housing in Portugal." CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios , no. 38: 1.
Roberto Falanga. Frontline Bureaucrat. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance 2018, 1 -5.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. Frontline Bureaucrat. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. 2018; ():1-5.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2018. "Frontline Bureaucrat." Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance , no. : 1-5.
Roberto Falanga. Administrative Discretion in Participatory Processes. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance 2018, 1 -5.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. Administrative Discretion in Participatory Processes. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. 2018; ():1-5.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2018. "Administrative Discretion in Participatory Processes." Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance , no. : 1-5.
Roberto Falanga. Critical trends of citizen participation in policymaking. Insights from Portugal. Changing societies: legacies and challenges. Citizenship in crisis 2018, 295 -318.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. Critical trends of citizen participation in policymaking. Insights from Portugal. Changing societies: legacies and challenges. Citizenship in crisis. 2018; ():295-318.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2018. "Critical trends of citizen participation in policymaking. Insights from Portugal." Changing societies: legacies and challenges. Citizenship in crisis , no. : 295-318.
Worldwide participatory policymaking with civil society has become a case in point for new patterns of governance at different levels. The enhancement of public services’ quality compels intertwined challenges to participants, be they citizens, politicians, or civil servants. Given the limited attention that scientific literature has paid to understanding how roles and functions of civil servants are demanded to change through participatory processes, an exploratory action research was run in 2012 with 29 civil servants of the Municipality of Lisbon. Civil servants were all engaged in—at least—one of the four participatory processes run by the administration at that time: Participatory Budget; Bip/Zip; Local Agenda 21; Simplis. The action research was aimed at grasping the psychological change-driven dynamics played between these subjects, with the support of psychosociological theories and methods. Focusing on the analysis of the discourse, as one of the methods employed towards this end, this text focuses on the specific methodological apparatus of the discourse analysis approach. This contribution will hopefully open to further studies on discourse analysis in action research, and enhance the overall debate on the employment of qualitative methods in participatory policymaking studies.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Roberto Falanga. Understanding Participatory Policymaking Processes: Discourse Analysis in Psychosociological Action Research. Developments in Advanced Control and Intelligent Automation for Complex Systems 2016, 13 -24.
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. Understanding Participatory Policymaking Processes: Discourse Analysis in Psychosociological Action Research. Developments in Advanced Control and Intelligent Automation for Complex Systems. 2016; ():13-24.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2016. "Understanding Participatory Policymaking Processes: Discourse Analysis in Psychosociological Action Research." Developments in Advanced Control and Intelligent Automation for Complex Systems , no. : 13-24.
Non-adherence to health recommendations (e.g. medical prescriptions) presents potential costs for healthcare, which could be prevented or mitigated. This is often attributed to a person's rational choice, to not adhere. However, this may also be determined by individual and contextual factors implied in the recommendations communication process. In accordance, this chapter focuses specifically on barriers to and facilitators of adherence to recommendations and engagement with the healthcare process, particularly concerning the communication between health professionals and patients. For this, the authors present examples of engagement increment through different degrees of participation, from a one-way/directive towards a two-way/engaging communication process. This focuses specifically on a vulnerable population group with increasing healthcare needs: older adults. Future possibilities for two-way engaging communications are discussed, aimed at promoting increased adherence to health recommendations and people's self-regulation of their own health.
Rui Gaspar; Samuel Domingos; António M. Diniz; Roberto Falanga. Barriers to and Facilitators of Older Adult's Adherence to Health Recommendations. Cases on Applied and Therapeutic Humor 2016, 58 -82.
AMA StyleRui Gaspar, Samuel Domingos, António M. Diniz, Roberto Falanga. Barriers to and Facilitators of Older Adult's Adherence to Health Recommendations. Cases on Applied and Therapeutic Humor. 2016; ():58-82.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Gaspar; Samuel Domingos; António M. Diniz; Roberto Falanga. 2016. "Barriers to and Facilitators of Older Adult's Adherence to Health Recommendations." Cases on Applied and Therapeutic Humor , no. : 58-82.
Budgeting has for too long been considered a technical arena for highly skilled elites. Participatory Budgeting (PB) opens up the field and creates a space for local communities to discuss the equitable distribution of resources. However, gender has not been at the forefront of the PB debate. On the other hand, gender responsive budgeting has had its own growth trajectory, often not including participatory methods. The chapter highlights possible intersections between PB and gender mainstreaming and notes PB’s potential in addressing issues of gender mainstreaming and social justice, following dialogues with other complementary democratic innovations
Giovanni Allegretti; Roberto Falanga. Women in Budgeting: A Critical Assessment of Participatory Budgeting Experiences. Gender and Land Tenure in the Context of Disaster in Asia 2015, 33 -53.
AMA StyleGiovanni Allegretti, Roberto Falanga. Women in Budgeting: A Critical Assessment of Participatory Budgeting Experiences. Gender and Land Tenure in the Context of Disaster in Asia. 2015; ():33-53.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Allegretti; Roberto Falanga. 2015. "Women in Budgeting: A Critical Assessment of Participatory Budgeting Experiences." Gender and Land Tenure in the Context of Disaster in Asia , no. : 33-53.
Roberto Falanga. As regras dos jogos participativos: para um paradigma da complexidade. Universitas Humanas 2015, 11, 1 .
AMA StyleRoberto Falanga. As regras dos jogos participativos: para um paradigma da complexidade. Universitas Humanas. 2015; 11 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Falanga. 2015. "As regras dos jogos participativos: para um paradigma da complexidade." Universitas Humanas 11, no. 2: 1.