Shifting Priorities: PB in New York City
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A paper studying the impact of participatory budgeting on public spending priorities in New York City.
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Toolkit for youth democratic action
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This toolkit, developed based on participatory budgeting experiences in Chicago schools, aims to make PB easier to implement with teachers and youth in schools across a wide variety of models and contexts.
Read MoreAnother city is possible: PB
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A book edited by Yves Cabannes that discusses the background and challenges of PB processes. It highlights 13 cases of PB around the world, in various contexts and institutions. It also includes recommendations to address challenges with participation.
Read MoreSharing sortition with some soul
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An essay that presents challenges to communicating effectively about sortition, and concrete ways to overcome them.
Read MoreSchool PB toolkit: Inclusive practice
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A toolkit that shares practices gleaned from the inclusive School PB model developed in response to inclusivity challenges students with disabilities face.
Read MoreThirty years of PB in the world
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A book about the 30 years of participatory budgeting around the world. It focuses on the international context that enabled PB's international dissemination.
Read MoreYouth citizenship in action
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A report that presents the results and impacts for students of a PB process implemented at three Chicago Public Schools.
Read MoreThe power of PB in schools
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Webinar where people that has been involved in PB on Schools in the US share their experiences.
Read MoreMobile voting in New York
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Citizens Juries: policy on observers
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Guidance for public observers on expected behaviour when observing a citizens' jury.
Read MoreLegislative Theatre report: TONYC
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A report that explains how Theatre of the Oppressed practices have been applied to raise awareness of pertinent issues of oppression, shift the minds of policymakers, and engage audience members in civic action.
Read MoreLegislative Theatre in NYC
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A video with testimonials from community members and organizers of Legislative Theatre that explains how Legislative theater can bring about change in NYC.
Read MoreRepresentation by improvisation: Legislative theater
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Short video from the first iteration of Legislative Theatre in New York City (2013), demonstrating some of the process.
Read MoreDemocracy is not retreating
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An accessible mainstream article in the magazine Newsweek that highlights the rise of participatory democracy, even as it seems that other institutions of democracy are failing.
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Hope for Democracy
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A book that compiles articles from multiple authors on participatory budgeting processes around the world.
Read MoreDemocracy in action
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A video that shows different parts of the PB process during the first year that PB was implemented in Chicago's 49th Ward, the first PB process in the US.
Read MoreText messaging for PB
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This guide explains how participatory budgeting practitioners can use mass text messaging to effectively engage underrepresented communities.
Read MorePB key metrics research instruments
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A guide that explains 15 indicators that capture important elements of PB processes. It also includes tools and research instruments to support evaluation and collection of data.
Read MoreCommunity involvement in PB
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A report that provides insights about behavioral barriers to participation and proposes solutions for better involving PB budget delegates.
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