By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley, Open Coop
Participatory, local democracy is the solution to our systemic issues. There is clear economic, social and political evidence that a Covid recovery plan towards a green economy is the only logical way forward.
By Daisy Lutangu Mwilima, Open Democracy
The national budget in any country is one of the key instruments a government can use to fight inequality and bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. For this reason, Fight Inequality Alliance Zambia has been carrying out a People’s Budget campaign in the last couple of months to advocate for a more equal budget that represents the needs of the majority poor and not the elite.
By Fergal Finnegan, Niamh McCrea, openDemocracy
A healthy participatory democracy relies on forms of community development that support effective mobilisation at the local level and encourage advanced capacities for democratic decision making and critical thinking.
By Adam Simpson, Shari Davis, Alexander Kolokotronis, Loriane Ngarambe, The Next System Project
In terms of broader systems change, participatory budgeting, when adopted, marks a real change in the way that folks do business, a real change in the way that government operates. For me, and for many folks, this is a beginning of a larger participatory democratic wave...
By Kristine Wong, Shareable
But now participatory budgeting, a concept in which citizens get to vote democratically on how a particular pot of public funds will be spent, has been gaining traction across the U.S. over the last few years, and promising to give citizens a voice in these matters.
By Cat Johnson, Shareable
Participatory budgeting is becoming increasingly popular, with more than 1,500 programs worldwide.
By Brandon Jourdan, Waging Nonviolence
“Participatory budgeting is a great process for bringing more voices to the table and providing a more equitable space for those voices to be heard,”...
By Aaron Tanaka, Ben Roberts, Resilience.org
We spoke with Aaron about the transformative power of grassroots organizing and leadership development, the prison-industrial complex, participatory budgeting, and more...
By Peter Levine, Open Democracy
Allocating $1 million won’t make these young people equal to the mayor of Boston either. But they themselves were the ones solving the equations, and that gave them a genuine sense and share of power.
By David Bollier, David Bollier blog
The success of a PB project depends a great deal on grassroots leadership and outreach.
By Marcin Gerwin, Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
The difficulties that relate to modern democracy probably start with the use of that term.