Effectiveness of participatory budget implementation: The case of Uşak Special Provincial Administration

With globalization and the spread of technology all over the world, diversity in management styles has become inevitable. In an integrated world, individuals begin to question those who govern themselves and want everything to be transparent. Participatory budgeting practices, which emerged in Brazil in the 1980s, developed in the 1990s and started to spread all over the world after the 2000s, enable the public to have a say in the management and allow the determination of these expenditures. The aim of the study is to present the theoretical framework of participatory budgeting and to analyse the content and descriptive analysis in the light of the data obtained from the interview technique in order to determine its effectiveness in the Uşak Special Provincial Administration. The findings of the study show that the public adopts participatory budgeting and the effectiveness of Uşak Special Provincial Administration is positive. Keywords: Participation, Participatory Budgeting, Local Governments, Qualitative Analysis