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Selected Works of Brian Wampler
Popular Press
Participatory Budgeting: Spreading Across the Globe
Open Government Partnership (2017)
  • Brian Wampler, Boise State University
  • Stephanie McNulty, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • Michael Touchton, University of Miami
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Abstract
Participatory budgeting’s (PB) roots lie in a radical democratic project led by the leftist Workers’ Party in Porto Alegre, Brazil in the late 1980s. Radical democracy includes incorporating ordinary citizens into government decision-making priorities, an inversion that led governments to allocate public resources to underserved areas (shantytowns) and policy issues (basic health care), with a strong emphasis on social justice. PB was designed to be a “school of democracy,” whereby citizens learn to deliberate, learn about the functions of government, and begin to engage in democratic practices (Baiocchi 2005).
Keywords
  • subnational,
  • marginalized communities,
  • participatory budgeting,
  • public participation,
  • nonprofits and civic space
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Publication Date
October 13, 2017
Citation Information
Brian Wampler, Stephanie McNulty and Michael Touchton. "Participatory Budgeting: Spreading Across the Globe" Open Government Partnership (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_wampler/49/