A new logic of mandatory budgeting and a new form of participatory budget: the case of the Participatory Legislative Budget of Florianópolis

Abstract

This article presents the result of the case study of the Participatory Legislative Budget (PLB) in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina (Brazil). In the light of the neoinstitutionalist perspective, the case of the PLB was analyzed and described. The analysis included a review of the origin, trajectory, structure, norms and rules of this experience, as well as the elements of its institutional design that qualify it were explored as a democratic innovation. The PLB is formatted by the intersection of the prerogatives of the Mandatory Budget and the Participatory Budget, therefore, it is presented taking into account the logics and patterns of these two budget instruments. Being qualitative and exploratory in nature, the research universe was limited to the experience in the south of the island of Florianópolis, which resulted in nine community projects. In summary, the conclusion indicates the presence of elements in the institutional design of the PLB that maintain, adapt and/or innovate the logics and molds of the Mandatory Budget and the Participatory Budget applied to this experience.