Conclusion

Time for Participatory Budgeting to Grow Up

Bibliographic Data

ID6308406
AuthorsJosh Lerner (0000-0003-3822-2162, Participatory Budgeting Project, New York City, NY, USA, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume39
Issue1
Pages156-160
Publication date2017-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-3148 • E-ISSN: 1469-9931
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/07393148.2017.1278860
OpenAlexW2588891657
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Only a few years ago, participatory budgeting (PB) in the US was in its infancy, a tiny experiment in democracy. After a five-year growth spurt, PB has entered its awkward adolescence, full of bold achievements, flashes of potential, and some stumbles. PBNYC’s innovation has raised new questions for participatory democracy, as the contributors to this special issue highlight. In this article, I lift up the key impacts and challenges that they discuss, and their practical implications. I argue that for PBNYC and other PB processes to grow up, city leaders need to invest in equity, expand project eligibility and funding, and scale PB up to the city level

Citizen journalism · Democracy · Equity (law · Lift (data mining · Participatory budgeting · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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