What can ethnography bring to the study of deliberative democracy
2012, Revista International de Sociologia
https://doi.org/10.3989/RIS.2012.01.30Abstract
¿Qué puede aportar la etnografía al estudio de la democracia deliberativa? evidencias procedentes de un estudio sobre el impacto de la participación en los actores Julien Talpin Julien.talpin@univ-lille2.fr
Key takeaways
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- Ethnographic studies reveal nuanced impacts of participatory budgeting on civic engagement over time.
- The research identifies significant factors influencing participant learning and engagement in deliberative democracy.
- Over 120 public meetings and 30 interviews were conducted over two years to gather comprehensive data.
- Participants' experiences with participatory budgeting can lead to varied outcomes, including frustration and cynicism.
- Long-term effects of engagement include the development of civic skills and potential political activism.
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- Julien Talpin is a permanent research fellow at the cnrs (ceraps/université lille 2) and currently visiting fellow and fulbright scholar at the university of southern california. He has recently published "schools of democracy. How ordinary citizens become competent in participatory budgeting institutions", and edited the issue Ethnographies de la participation, journal participations, 2012-3.