Library

There is an extensive literature on both the theory and practice of PB. Below is an abridged list of key publications.

General Information

PB in Porto Alegre

PB in North America

Other Case Studies

Youth PB

Videos

More Literature

General Information

• 72 Frequently Asked Questions about Participatory Budgeting, UN-Habitat, 2004.

• A Guide to Participatory Budgeting, Brian Wampler, 2000.

• The Participatory Budgeting Toolkit, The PB Unit, 2009.

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PB in Porto Alegre

• The Citizens of Porto Alegre, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Boston Review, 2006.

• Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre: Toward a Redistributive Democracy, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Politics & Society, 1998.

• Militants and Citizens: The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, 2005.

• Inventing Local Democracy: Grassroots Politics in Brazil, Rebecca Neaera Abers, 2000.

• Participation, Activism, and Politics: The Porto Alegre Experiment, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, in Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance, 2003.

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PB in North America

• Chicago's $1.3 Million Experiment in Democracy: Participatory Budgeting in the 49th Ward, Josh Lerner and Megan Wade Antieau, YES! Magazine, 2010.

• Participatory Budgeting in North America: The Case of Guelph, Canada, Elizabeth Pinnington, Josh Lerner and Daniel Schugurensky, 2009.

• Could Participatory Budgeting Work in the United States? Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Josh Lerner, The Good Society, 2007

• Let the People Decide: Transformative Community Development through Participatory Budgeting in Canada, Josh Lerner, Shelterforce, 2006.

• Participatory Budgeting in Canada: Democratic Innovations in Strategic Spaces, Josh Lerner and Estair Van Wagner, The Transnational Institute, 2006.

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Other Case Studies

• Radicals in Power: The Workers’ Party (PT) and Experiments in Urban Democracy in Brazil, Gianpaolo Baiocchi (ed.), 2003.

• Assessment of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil, Center for Urban Development Studies, Harvard University, 2003.

• Participatory Budgets in Europe: Between Efficiency and Growing Local Democracy, Giovanni Allegretti and Carsten Herzberg, The Transnational Institute, 2007.

• Beyond Theory: e-Participatory Budgeting and its Promises for eParticipation Tiago Piexoto, European Journal of ePractice, 2009.

• Civil Society, Public Space and Local Power: a study of the Participatory Budget in Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre, Leonardo Avritzer, 2000.

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Youth PB

• Children and Young People Build Participatory Democracy in Latin American Cities, Yves Cabannes, Environment and Urbanization, 2006.

• Citizenship Knows No Age: Children’s Participation in the Governance and Municipal Budget of Barra Mansa, Brazil, Eliana Guerra, Environment and Urbanization, 2002.

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Videos

• Democracy in Action: Participatory Budgeting in Chicago’s 49th Ward

• Participatory Budgeting in Britain: The Story So Far

A short overview of PB experiences in Britain.

• Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas

A feature-length documentary with a section on participatory budgeting, including documentation from Porto Alegre.

• Presupuestos Participativos: L@s seres humanos y humanas

One of many promotional videos made for the PB in Seville, Spain. This video links to the other videos as well.

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More Literature

The following websites have bibliographies listing additional PB articles and books.

• Participatory Budgeting Project Site at University of British Columbia

• Daniel Schugurensky’s Virtual Library on PB