Participatory budgeting in global perspective / Brian Wampler, Stephanie McNulty, and Michael Touchton.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191924194 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Budget
| Budget -- Citizen participationAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780192897756DDC classification: 352.48 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Participatory Budgeting continues to spread across the globe as government officials and citizens adopt this innovative democratic program in the hopes of strengthening accountability, civil society, and well-being. Governments often adapt PB's basic program design to meet local needs, thus creating wide variation in how PB programs function. Some programs retain features of radical democracy, others focus on community mobilisation, and yet other programs seek to promote participatory development. This book provides a theoretical and empirical explanation to account for widespread variation in PB's adoption, adaptation, and impacts.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Participatory Budgeting continues to spread across the globe as government officials and citizens adopt this innovative democratic program in the hopes of strengthening accountability, civil society, and well-being. Governments often adapt PB's basic program design to meet local needs, thus creating wide variation in how PB programs function. Some programs retain features of radical democracy, others focus on community mobilisation, and yet other programs seek to promote participatory development. This book provides a theoretical and empirical explanation to account for widespread variation in PB's adoption, adaptation, and impacts.
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