Social Distancing and Participation: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Budapest, Hungary

Gabriella Kiss; Máté Csukás; Dániel Oross

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-32664-6_10

Social Distancing and Participation: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Budapest, Hungary

Gabriella Kiss, Máté Csukás, Dániel Oross

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Pandemic and social distancing are not conducive to the implementation of participatory processes based on deliberation. In our research, the resilience of a newly established participatory institution was examined during the pandemic. The first announcement of participatory budgeting (PB) introduced in Budapest (Hungary) coincided with the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter explores the participatory decision-making aspects of innovation in Budapest between 2020 and 2021. The main questions are the following: (1) How do different decision-makers in Hungary react to the crisis? and (2) How did the pandemic affect the different PB solutions in Budapest? The results show that resilience and fair deliberation generally do not help each other and that relevant trade-offs occur in the time of pandemic and social distancing. Hungarian experiences of participation during the pandemic reflect the resilience of the process of PB in Budapest and show that a continuous redesign of engagement strategies and the real commitment of the decision-makers was essential. The chapter draws on the change of such a commitment in participatory design to discuss a possible “new normal” in the required efforts in participation in a pandemic and post-pandemic world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The ‘New Normal’ in Planning, Governance and Participation
Subtitle of host publication	Transforming Urban Governance in a Post-pandemic World
Editors	Enza Lissandrello, Janni Sørensen, Kristian Olesen, Rasmus Nedergård Steffansen
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	125-137
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-32664-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-32663-9, 978-3-031-32666-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32664-6_10
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Urban Book Series
Volume	Part F1104
ISSN (Print)	2365-757X
ISSN (Electronic)	2365-7588

Keywords

Deliberation
Democratic innovation
Exogenous shocks
Participatory budgeting
Resilience

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Kiss, G., Csukás, M., & Oross, D. (2023). Social Distancing and Participation: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Budapest, Hungary. In E. Lissandrello, J. Sørensen, K. Olesen, & R. Nedergård Steffansen (Eds.), The ‘New Normal’ in Planning, Governance and Participation: Transforming Urban Governance in a Post-pandemic World (pp. 125-137). (Urban Book Series; Vol. Part F1104). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32664-6_10

Kiss, Gabriella ; Csukás, Máté ; Oross, Dániel. / Social Distancing and Participation : The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Budapest, Hungary. The ‘New Normal’ in Planning, Governance and Participation: Transforming Urban Governance in a Post-pandemic World. editor / Enza Lissandrello ; Janni Sørensen ; Kristian Olesen ; Rasmus Nedergård Steffansen. Springer Cham, 2023. pp. 125-137 (Urban Book Series).

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Kiss, G, Csukás, M & Oross, D 2023, Social Distancing and Participation: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Budapest, Hungary. in E Lissandrello, J Sørensen, K Olesen & R Nedergård Steffansen (eds), The ‘New Normal’ in Planning, Governance and Participation: Transforming Urban Governance in a Post-pandemic World. Urban Book Series, vol. Part F1104, Springer Cham, pp. 125-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32664-6_10

Social Distancing and Participation: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Budapest, Hungary. / Kiss, Gabriella; Csukás, Máté; Oross, Dániel.
The ‘New Normal’ in Planning, Governance and Participation: Transforming Urban Governance in a Post-pandemic World. ed. / Enza Lissandrello; Janni Sørensen; Kristian Olesen; Rasmus Nedergård Steffansen. Springer Cham, 2023. p. 125-137 (Urban Book Series; Vol. Part F1104).

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Kiss G, Csukás M, Oross D. Social Distancing and Participation: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Budapest, Hungary. In Lissandrello E, Sørensen J, Olesen K, Nedergård Steffansen R, editors, The ‘New Normal’ in Planning, Governance and Participation: Transforming Urban Governance in a Post-pandemic World. Springer Cham. 2023. p. 125-137. (Urban Book Series). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-32664-6_10

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