Chapter 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Research Framework ......................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Research Objectives and Questions................................................................................... 3
1.3 Contributions ......................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 2. Theoretical Framework and Background to Participatory Budgeting in the Dominican Republic ......................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1 The Starting Point: Citizen Participation............................................................................. 12
2.2 A Brief Introduction to the Capability Approach................................................................ 15
2.3 Participatory and Deliberative Democracy.......................................................................... 26
2.4 Understanding Participatory Budgeting .............................................................................. 32
2.5 Participatory Budgeting in the Dominican Republic........................................................... 41
Chapter 3. Participatory Budgeting and Perceptions of Agency: An Empirical Evaluation.......... 52
3.1 Research Context................................................................................................................. 54
3.2 Data...................................................................................................................................... 59
3.3 Agency and Participation in PB........................................................................................... 80
3.4 Agency and Awareness of PB ........................................................................................... 102
Chapter 4. Participatory Budgeting in the Dominican Republic: ................................................ 113
A Qualitative and Normative Methodological Framework ......................................................... 113
4.1 Research Context............................................................................................................... 115
4.2 Methods: Process Tracing ................................................................................................. 119
4.3 Conceptualizations: Variables and Mechanisms ............................................................... 125
Chapter 5. Participatory Budgeting in the Dominican Republic: Results and Implications ........ 135
5.1 Process Description ........................................................................................................137
5.2 Diagnostic Evidence (Results) and Implications............................................................... 143
Chapter 6. Conclusions, Policy Recommendations and Future Research ................................... 177
6.1 Final Normative Assessments ........................................................................................... 178
6.2 Policy Recommendations .................................................................................................. 185
6.3 The Way Forward.............................................................................................................. 191
Annexes ................................................................................................................................... 198
References ............................................................................................................................... 230