We are slow to realize that democracy is a life; and involves continual struggle. It is only as those of every generation who love democracy resist with all their might the encroachments of its enemies that the ideals of representative government can even be nearly approximated.
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Analyses of Participatory Democracy Elsewhere
October 1, 2009
Argentina
www.linesofflight.net/work/rosario_pb_columbia.pdf
Learning Citizenship and Democracy Through Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Rosario, Argentina, by Josh Lerner and Daniel Schugurensky. Analysis of the pedagogical dimension and educational effects of participatory budgeting.
Australia
Active Democracy: Citizen Participation in Decision Making
www.activedemocracy.net
Description: Run by Lyn Carson at University of Sydney, this is an interesting collection of mostly Australian case studies and links.
United Kingdom
WE Power
www.powerinquiry.org
Description: Takes a look at the decline in public participation in Great Britain. Don't miss this publication, Beyond the Ballot, a study of 57 innovative democracy projects from around the world:
www.powerinquiry.org/publications/documents/BeyondtheBallot_000.pdf
Venezuela
www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1314
Citizen Power and Venezuela's Local Public Planning Councils (Nov. 2004), Part 1 by Sarah Wagner
www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1328
The Legal and Practical Basis of Citizen Power in Venezuela (Dec. 2004), Part 2 by Sarah Wagner
www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1331
Problems and Opportunities for Citizen Power in Venezuela (Dec. 2004), Part 3 by Sarah Wagner