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Everyone Counts - Could "Participatory Budgeting" Change Democracy? (Paperback)
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Everyone Counts - Could "Participatory Budgeting" Change Democracy? (Paperback)
Series: Brown Democracy Medal
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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 $45 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 Democracy
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