Everyone Counts: Could "Participatory Budgeting" Change Democracy?

The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world. The inaugural medal winner, the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP), is an innovative not-f...

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Main Author: Lerner, Josh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press [2014]
Series:Brown Democracy Medal
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Online Access:DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
DE-1046
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Summary:The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world. The inaugural medal winner, the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP), is an innovative not-for-profit organization that promotes "participatory budgeting," an inclusive process that empowers community members to make informed decisions about public spending. More than 46,000 people in communities across the United States have decided how to spend
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 14, 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780801456060
DOI:10.7591/9780801456060