Font, JoanSmith, GrahamGalais Gonzàlez, CarolinaAlarcón, Pau2021-05-282021-05-282017Font J, Smith G, Galais C, Alarcón P. Cherry-picking participation: explaining the fate of proposals from participatory processes. Eur J Polit Res. 2017 Oct 18;57(3):615-36. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.122480304-4130http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47685What happens to the proposals generated by participatory processes? One of the key aspects of participatory processes that has been the subject of rare systematic analysis and comparison is the fate of their outputs: their policy proposals. Which specific factors explain whether these proposals are accepted, rejected or transformed by public authorities? In this article contextual and proposal-related factors are identified that are likely to affect the prospect of proposals being implemented. The explanatory power of these factors are tested through multilevel analysis on a diverse set of 571 policy proposals. The findings offer evidence that both contextual and proposal-related variables are important. The design of participatory processes affects the degree of implementation, with participatory budgeting and higher quality processes being particularly effective. Most significant for explaining outcomes are proposal-level, economic and political factors: a proposal's cost, the extent to which it challenges existing policy and the degree of support it has within the municipality all strongly affect the chance of implementation.application/pdfengThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Font J, Smith G, Galais C, Alarcón P. Cherry-picking participation: explaining the fate of proposals from participatory processes. Eur J Polit Res. 2017 Oct 18;57(3):615-36, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12248. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12248Local governanceParticipationPolicy implementationDemocratic innovationsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess