Participatory Democracy

Participatory Budgeting in Canada: Democratic Innovations in Strategic Spaces
Josh Lerner (New School for Social Research) & Estair Van Wagner (York University)
TNI, February 2006

TNI co-organised a seminar Participatory Democracy: Political actors and Social Movements", Centre per a la Participació Ciutadana, Barcelona, 17-18 June 2005. Here are some of the papers presented:

• Hilary Wainwright Construyendo la democracia participativa desde los movimientos sociales
  Why Participatory Democracy Matters - And Movements Matter to Participatory Democracy TNI Website, June 2005
• Joel Rocamora Lo imposible no es tan fácil: Política participativa y gobernanza local en las Filipinas TNI Website, June 2005

Giovanni Allegretti and Carsten Herzberg Tra efficienza e sviluppo della democrazia locale: la sfida del bilancio partecipativo si rivolge al contesto europeo
(Between efficiency and local democracy growth: the challenge of Participatory Budgets addresses the European context)
TNI New Politics Working Paper, August 2004

Daniel Chavez Porto Alegre, Brazil: A New Sustainable and Replicable Model of Participatory Democratic Governance [PDF document] Speech at the "Actors and Approaches in Local Politics" Conference at the University of Oslo, 18 October 2002

Benjamin Goldfrank Quem Vai Participar do OP Quando Todas as Ruas Estiverem Pavimentadas? University of California, Berkeley, 9 May 2001

T.M. Thomas Isaac Campaign for Democratic Decentralisation in Kerala. An Assessment From the Perspective of Empowered Deliberative Democracy [PDF document] Centre for Development Studies and Kerala State Planning Board, 12 January 2000

Raul Pont Democracia Representativa e Democracia Participativa Palestra realizada no Seminário Internacional sobre Democracia Participativa, Porto Alegre, 11 November 1999