Participatory Budgeting—Origins, Diffusion and Research Findings

This chapter describes the concept of PB. The origins of PB and its global diffusion are illustrated in section 3.1. Section 3.2. explains when and under which circumstances PB was introduced in Germany. Section 3.3 provides a literature review that summarizes, which factors have been identified to influence the adoption of PB processes, which effects of these processes have been found so far and which critical views exist with regard to PB processes.