PPD 240g Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Radical Democracy, 18 Months, Participatory Budgeting
8 Sep 2016
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Radical democracy: democracy, conventional democracy: like ours, based mainly on. It"s so competitive and so many people tend to lose out: radical democracy: also like ours. Citizens directly participate and affect policy and programs that affect their lives. Where citizens reason how best to solve problems. Citizens know best on how to solve problems. States are better to handle their own problems: weaknesses of conventional democracy not federal government, if public isn"t engaged, self-interest trumps public interest. Only so many people with the time and willingness to: thus, participate, directly participatory deliberation is answer. Involve knowledgeable citizens to deliberate and give them decision-making authority. Minneapolis neighborhood revitalization program: nrp (neighborhood revitalization program, citizens did needs assessment/gathers info from other citizens, citizens developed neighborhood action plans, plans were implemented by city, with the help of citizens. Citizen decision- making and participation can be formally institutionalized. Citizens were willing to do the heavy lifting . Changes can be a lot more successful.
