Exploring Legitimacy in a Municipal Budget Decision in Switzerland: Empirical Insights into Citizens' Perceptions

Abstract

An empirical study investigating how citizens in Switzerland evaluate legitimacy, fairness, and transparency in participatory budget decisions.

Core Contribution

This paper investigates how citizens evaluate legitimacy in a municipal budget decision in Switzerland. It focuses on empirical perceptions of fairness, transparency, and acceptance in a real democratic decision context.

Research Use

The study is useful for democratic innovation researchers because it grounds claims about legitimacy in citizen perceptions rather than only formal properties of an allocation rule.