04214nam 2200709 450 991081810660332120230803210039.00-8014-5605-30-8014-5606-110.7591/9780801456060(CKB)3710000000277033(SSID)ssj0001369631(PQKBManifestationID)12576077(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001369631(PQKBWorkID)11287972(PQKB)10451853(StDuBDS)EDZ0001517061(MiAaPQ)EBC3138679(OCoLC)895048999(MdBmJHUP)muse58570(DE-B1597)478460(OCoLC)1006306328(DE-B1597)9780801456060(Au-PeEL)EBL3138679(CaPaEBR)ebr10984094(CaONFJC)MIL681666(OCoLC)922998639(EXLCZ)99371000000027703320141124h20142014 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrEveryone counts could "participatory budgeting" change democracy? /Josh LernerIthaca, New York :Cornell Selects,2014.©20141 online resourceBrown Democracy Medal"Brown Demiocracy Medal Winner"--Cover.1-322-50384-2 0-8014-5665-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ProjectThe 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 spend5 million through programs that PBP helped spark over the last five years. In Everyone Counts, PBP co-founder and executive director Josh Lerner provides a concise history of the organization's origins and its vision, highlighting its real-world successes in fostering grassroots budgeting campaigns in such cities as New York, Boston, and Chicago. As more and more communities turn to participatory budgeting as a means of engaging citizens, prioritizing civic projects, and allocating local, state, and federal funding, this cogent volume will offer guidance and inspiration to others who want to transform democracy in the United States and elsewhere. "The Participatory Budgeting Project exemplifies the essential features the award committee was looking for in its inaugural recipient. Political and economic inequality is part of the American national discussion, and participatory budgeting helps empower marginalized groups that do not normally take part in a process that is so critical for democratic life."- John Gastil, Director of the McCourtney Institute for DemocracyBudget processUnited StatesCitizen participationPolitical planningUnited StatesCitizen participationLocal budgetsUnited StatesCitizen participationPolitical participationUnited StatesBudget processCitizen participation.Political planningCitizen participation.Local budgetsCitizen participation.Political participation352.4/80973Lerner Josh1978-1654819MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818106603321Everyone counts4095370UNINA