Participatory processes in Southern Europe 2001-2010 Dataset

This dataset is the combination of five databases in which participatory experiences are the units of analysis. Five Southern European regions are included (Andalusia, Catalonia, Madrid, Apulia and Tuscany). Most of the experiences are local but some are supralocal. Information on the participatory experiences has been located through publicly available sources, most notably the Internet. Similar information has been gathered for all five databases related to organisational issues (actors involved, methodologies, issues…) as well as additional variables on social and political context. In some databases, specific information was also incorporated regarding additional variables (for example, problems emerging during the experience). Two of these databases (Catalonia and Tuscany) had been created earlier (2009) and follow a slightly different research protocol (see Font and Galais, 2011 for Catalonia and della Porta and Reiter, 2009 for the Tuscany). The remaining three databases (Andalusia, Madrid and Apulia) were built in 2010 and followed an identical procedure (see Font et al, 2011 and Font, della Porta and Sintomer, 2014). References Della Porta, D., & Reiter, H. (2009). Gli esperimenti di democrazia deliberativa e partecipativa in Toscana. Istituto Universitario Europeo e Regione Toscana. Font, J., Corrochano, D., Fontcuberta, P., Galais, C., Ganuza, E., & Navarro, C. (2011). Democracia local en Andalucía. Experiencias participativas en los Municipios andaluces. Sevilla: Centro de Estudios Andaluces y Consejería de Gobernación. Online: < http://www.iesa.csic.es/publicaciones/080120148.pdf > (consulted: May 2018). Font, J., della Porta, D., & Sintomer, Y. (2014). Participatory democracy in southern Europe. Causes, characteristics and consequences. Rowman and Littlefield. Font, J., & Galais, C. (2011). The qualities of local participation: The explanatory role of ideology, external support and civil society as organizer. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 35 (5), 932-948. Galais, C., Font, J., Alarcón, P., & Sesma, D. (2012). Methodological Challenges for the Large N Study of Local Participatory Experiences. Combining Methods and Databases. Revista Internacional de Sociología, 70 (2), 65-87.