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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818106603321

Autore

Lerner Josh <1978->

Titolo

Everyone counts : could "participatory budgeting" change democracy? / / Josh Lerner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell Selects, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8014-5605-3

0-8014-5606-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Brown Democracy Medal

Disciplina

352.4/80973

Soggetti

Budget process - United States - Citizen participation

Political planning - United States - Citizen participation

Local budgets - United States - Citizen participation

Political participation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Brown Demiocracy Medal Winner"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Everyone Counts. Could "Participatory Budgeting" Change Democracy? -- This Is What Democracy Looks Like? -- Money Talks -- Importing Democracy from Brazil -- Coming to a City near You -- The Problems with Potholes -- Scaling Up Local Democracy -- Stepping Up -- Notes -- About the Author and the Participatory Budgeting Project

Sommario/riassunto

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