Hope for Democracy: 25 Years Of Participatory Budgeting Worldwide

In this short text, three theses are presented on the processes of participatory de- mocracy in general, and the Participatory Budget, in particular, as a new social and political movement of the 21st century. The theses refer to the crisis of representa- tive regimes, the rapid and wide dissemination of citizen participation experiences in policy-making and management of public resources, the network dissemination and the model of movement in question. More than absolute certainties, this article aims to challenge all those interested in reflecting from a different angle on what is at stake, offering some provocative thoughts and hypotheses on scientific research.