Could "Participatory Budgeting" change democracy?
/In this short book, Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) co-founder 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 cities like New York, Boston, and Chicago.
PBP won the Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, which recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world.
Source: Cornell University Press
Author information: Josh Lerner
Year of publication: 2014