Abstract:

With globalization systems which we apply in management have given its place to new in the research. In the research, it is seen that research on local managements which prioritize the factors of participation and citizenship have increased. In our country in the frame of the new public management perception, focal spots are the productivity, variety, accountability, and supervision. One of the applications which will bring these criterions into our management is ‘‘participatory budgeting’’. In our study we want to show the process of participatory budgeting applied in a lot of countries with different methods and based on this its applications or application trials in our municipalities. In the research, firstly, there are basic concepts in the public budget, then there are some statements about budgeting process in local managements within the limits of law. Concept of participated and approaches towards participation have been studied. Second, it includes the concept of participatory budgeting, and it has been evaluated within the frame of world applications. Finally, interviews were held with Nilüfer, Osmangazi, Tepebaşı, Yıldırım, Altındağ municipalities which has participated in the participatory budget module within the framework of the Turkish Swedish local government partnership program in 2006, and also with Çanakkale Municipality which implements participant budget due to the result its own research. In our thesis, combined method has been used, we have evaluated the participatory budgeting mechanisms in our municipalities with rate weight as a result of the contacts. Findings of the research show that our country has been experiencing the participatory budgeting recently and it has started to apply participatory budgeting mechanisms in the new public management. Factors such as the perspective of managers and personnel in the municipalities, citizens’ awareness level and legal infrastructure are the basis of participatory budget implementations. In addition to municipalities applying participatory budgeting, it has been seen that there are some municipalities assert that they don't apply the participatory budgeting, but they have also some participatory mechanisms.

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